Giac Lam Buddhist Temple
Nearly three-century-old pagoda with a seven-tier stupa and a Sri Lankan bodhi tree grown from Buddha's own.
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This guide to Giac Lam Buddhist Temple in Ho Chi Minh City opens on a June day in 1953, when a famous Sri Lankan monk named Narada arrives carrying two gifts. It follows the temple's story from its founding in 1744, through the war years that left parts of the grounds unfinished, and stops in the dim main hall with its gilded pillars and old wooden statues. Best heard while walking the garden, where you can see the temple's grounds.
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