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Women praying in the background at the immense, golden "Stolen Buddha" inside the Mahamuni Paya in Mandalay, Myanmar:

The Buddha's teeth are lovingly brushed by monks each morning at 4:00am,

and the Buddha is continually covered  with gold leaf (now about 15cm thick), but only males are allowed to approach this Buddha