Giac Lam Pagoda

Location: Giac Lam Pagoda is located at 565 Lac Long Quan Street, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City.
Characteristic: It is one of the city's oldest pagodas with many Buddha statues made of brass and precious timber.

Buitl in 1744, the pagoda has the architecture in the shape of Han Character 三 (Tam), including sanctum, preaching hall, dining house. Of which, the sanctum is built according to the traditional architecture with one compartment and two lean-toes, columns carved parallel sentences, red lacquered and trimmed with gold. The sanctum houses 113 Buddha statues made of brass and precious timber.

 

 

 

The 7-floor hexagon tower keeping Buddhist relics exists in the front of the pagoda. The pagoda’s yard has Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva statue under the sacred Bodhi tree. This Bodhi tree has been brought from Sri Lanka by Venerable Narada since 1953.

 

The scenery around the pagoda is picturesque and many people come here to write or recite poetry. The pagoda is open from 6.00am to 9.00pm.

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WHERE TO STAY
Mimosa Hotel

Add: 21 Bach Dang St.,Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3547 0404

Song Gianh Hotel

Add: 11/18 Pham Phu Thu St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3864 0281

Hoa De Nhat Hotel

Add: 4/1/9-4/1/11 Hoang Viet St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3811 5711

Song Nhat Hotel

Add: 20/19 Nui Thanh St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3813 0213

Hoa Lu Hotel

Add: 13 Nguyen Thai Binh St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3811 0278

Hoa Ban Hotel

Add: 248/6 Nguyen Thai Binh Str., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3811 5269

Chau Thien Tu Hotel

Add: E44-45 Xuan Hong St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3811 6452

Tan Dat My 2 Hotel

Add: 268A Au Co St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3975 6709

Chau Thien Tu Hotel

Add: 236/1D Nguyen Thai Binh St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3847 6361

Tan Minh Trung Hotel

Add: 38-38B Nguyen Thai Binh St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3845 8841

Chau Thien Tu Hotel

Add: 236/1D Nguyen Thai Binh St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3811 0191

Trang Linh Hotel

Add: 63-65-67 Bau Cat 7 St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3949 0366

Huong Duong Hotel

Add: 161 Cong Hoa, Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3948 2319

Thanh Hong Hotel

Add: 64/19 Xuan Dieu St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3844 1775

Danh Nam 2 Hotel

Add: 83 Lam Son St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 6251 8585

Tu Ngoc Hotel

Add: 12-14 Le Duy Nhuan St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3811 0097

Huy Phung Hotel

Add: 31 Bau Cat 6 St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3842 8382

Thanh Huyen Hotel

Add: 8 - 9 Tran Quoc Hoan St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3842 8028

Thanh Tai Hotel

Add: 17 Tran Thai Tong St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 6290 6555

Bau Cat Hotel

Add: 24-26-28 Bau Cat 7, Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3849 3207

WHERE TO EAT
Arirang KaTun Restaurant

Add: 17 Hoang Viet St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3844 6023

Jollibee Restaurant

Add: A43 Truong Son St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3848 6585

Hong Phat Restaurant

Add: 475-477 Hoang Van Thu St., Ward 4, Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3811 5841