The Shakyamuni temple, located in ward 4, Ca Mau city, was built in 1840. It is a religious architectural work and is the earliest Buddhist establishment in Ca Mau province.
By around 1840, Ca Mau province was still a wild land covered with reeds. Local people told a story that during that time, a boy named Tô Quang Xuân went to collect firewood in the forest, when he axed an ancient banyan tree, the boy saw a Buddhist scripture in the tree foot. He then built the temple for practicing the religion and conducting medical treatments to local people around Quan Lo canal.
The temple is a religious architectural work of high artistic values. In 1937, the temple underwent a major restoration but still retained the ancient architecture until today.
Tomb tower of Most Venerable Thích Trí Tâm
Tomb towers of other abbots of the pagoda
Pilgrims offered incense at the main worshiping hall.
Today, Shakyamuni temple is one of the spiritual and cultural center of Buddhist followers and local people
Source: vietnamplus.vn
