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Giac Lam Temple
VIETNAM, Ho Chi Minh City |
Giac Lam means Enlightened Grove. It was built in 1744 and has been repaired and renovated at different times. It is listed as a National Cultural Heritage Site.
The principal buildings include the main gate, main hall, relic pagoda, a lecture hall, and patriarch stupa area. The main hall stands on a stone base platform. It has a hip-and-gable roof with a short central ridge and long hips, with dragon heads at the end. Inside the hall there is a 65 cm high statue of seated Sakyamuni Buddha made of jackfruit wood. There are also statues of the Eighteen Arhats lining both sides of the hall.
The seven-story, hexagonal relic pagoda is 32.7 m high and was built in 1994. Its eaves curve upward at the corners and it has a pyramidal roof. The Buddha relic is enshrined on the topmost level. There is a standing statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva in front of the pagoda.
The patriarch stupa area consists of stupas that are mainly two or three tiers high. The temple houses a total of 113 statues, 23 horizontal inscribed boards, and 86 couplets, all of which are fine works of art. |
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