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
Ngoc Hoa Mai Hotel

Add: 27 Bau Cat 2 St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3849 3134

Van Ha Hotel

Add: 440 Cong Hoa St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3810 7788

Thinh Van Hotel

Add: 487 Cong Hoa St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3842 5495

Phung Long Hotel

Add: C5A Huynh Lan Khang St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3997 0744

Chau Thien Tu Hotel

Add: 9-10 Tran Van Hoang St.,Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3868 8600

Quynh Giang Hotel

Add: 16/4 Hoang Viet St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3844 9857

Danh Nam Hotel

Add: 93-95 Lam Son St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 6251 8686

Sao Dem Hotel

Add: 1262 Lac Long Quan St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3971 6658/ 3971 6659

Mimosa Hotel

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

Tel: (84-28) 3547 0404

Lam Son Hotel

Add: 333/5 Le Van Sy St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3844 5459

Number 7 Hotel

Add: 40-42 Bau Cat St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3849 1937

Hoa De Nhat Hotel

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

Tel: (84-28) 3811 5711

Sao Dem Hotel

Add: 1262 Lac Long Quan St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3971 6658

Tay Ho Hotel

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

Tel: (84-28) 38420254

Hoa Lu Hotel

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

Tel: (84-28) 3811 0278

Thien Lac Hotel

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

Tel: (84-28) 3849 0238

Yen Ha Hotel

Add: 66/7 - 66/9 Phan Huy Ich St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3815 9518

The Thanh Hotel

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

Tel: (84-28) 3844 8755

Hoa Ban Hotel

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

Tel: (84-28) 3811 5269

Thien Vu Hotel

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

Tel: (84-28) 3842 1341

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