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
Thanh Tai Hotel

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

Tel: (84-28) 6290 6555

Hoang Gia Hotel

Add: 471A Cong Hoa St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3812 3871

Tay Ho Hotel

Add: 406-408 Pham Van Hai St., Tan Binh Dist

Tel: (84-28) 38420254

Thien Lac Hotel

Add: 3-5 Be Van Dan St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3849 0238

Vuon Thien Thai Hotel

Add: 701 Truong Chinh St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3810 0042

Thien Phuoc Hotel

Add: 2/2/6A Thien Phuoc St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 6265 0047

Hoang Long 2 Hotel

Add: 16/8 Hoang Viet St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3846 2023

The Thanh Hotel

Add: 216 Bui Thi Xuan St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3844 8755

Thien Vu Hotel

Add: 333/12/4 Le Van Sy St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3842 1341

Phi Phung Hotel

Add: 297 Le Van Sy St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3842 3484

Thy Thy Van Hotel

Add: 228/5-228/7-228/9 Nguyen Hong Dao St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3849 4715

Hoang Minh Hotel

Add: 201 Cong Hoa St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3810 0586

Thien Trang Hotel

Add: 200 Nguyen Thai Binh St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3811 6180

Xuan Truong Hotel

Add: 232 Cong Hoa St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3811 4179

Hung Miami Hotel

Add: 160-162 Bau Cat Doi, Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3842 7163

Uyen Anh Hotel

Add: 43-45 Yen The St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3848 6355

Hoang Thai Hotel

Add: 2 Nguyen Minh Hoang St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3811 3824

Thien Vu Hotel

Add: Eb11-12 Bau Cat 7 St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3849 4320

Chau Thien Tu Hotel

Add: 1101-36/6 Tu Lap St.,Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3811 4177

Anh Minh Ha Noi Green Hotel

Add: 19/1 Hoang Viet St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3811 9800

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