Van Duc pagoda located in To Ngoc Van street, Thu Duc ward, Ho Chi Minh city was built in 1954. Its sanctum rebuilt in 2004 and completed after two years, was recognized as the highest main worshipping temple in Vietnam by the Vietnam Record Book with the height of 43.5 m.
Van Duc pagoda located 15 km from the city’s centre is a favorite place for visitors and Buddhists
The pagoda was built on a large area of land donated by a family in the locality
The ancestral house of the pagoda was also restored in 2004
Each corner of the main hall decorated with statues of Buddha, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, sponsoring gods, dragons, etc.
The Bodhi tree and Naranjana river bas-relief painting in the main worshipping temple and recognized as the biggest bas relief painting in Vietnam
Statues of Shakyamuni Buddha and the Buddha of the past, presents and future placed inside the main altar
Beautiful landscape seen from Van Duc pagoda
The structure of the main worshiping temple looks like a great tower with nine stories
There are many windows around the sanctum and each window was hung with a Buddha image
The ceiling of inside the main worshiping temple is decorated with paintings of blue sky, white clouds
A new Buddha statute with the height of 15m made from white monolithic stone was placed in front of the main worshiping temple in late of 2017.
The lobby and stairs are erected with white steel, cement and granite stone
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