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
Thien Trang Hotel

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

Tel: (84-28) 3811 6180

Danh Nam 2 Hotel

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

Tel: (84-28) 6251 8585

Trung Mai Hotel

Add: 236/4A Nguyen Thai Binh St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 6257 1888

Hoang Anh Hotel

Add: 44 Nguyen Thai Binh St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3811 0736

Vien Ngoc Xanh 2 Hotel

Add: 285-287 Hoang Van Thu St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3844 0414

Thien Vu Hotel

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

Tel: (84-28) 3849 4320

Hoang Dung Hotel

Add: 63 Bach Dang St.,Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 6296 8662

Nui Thanh Hotel

Add: 3A Nui Thanh St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3810 9668

Quang Hoa Hotel

Add: 79-81 Tran Quoc Hoan St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 6296 1953

Vinh Phat Hotel

Add: 24-26A Lac Long Quan St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3971 0254

Thai Binh Hotel

Add: 64/9 Xuan Dieu St., Dist Tan Binh

Tel: (84-28) 3845 1304

Parkroyal Saigon Hotel

Add: 309B-311 Nguyen Van Troi St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3842 1111

Tan Quyen Hotel

Add: 279 Hoang Van Thu St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3847 8726

Thuan Thien Hung Hotel

Add: 634C Cong Hoa St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3810 3251

Hoang Kim Long Hotel

Add: 7-9-11 Bach Dang St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3547 2625

Tuan Anh Hotel

Add: 97A Tran Thai Tong, Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3814 3951

Hanh Trang Hotel

Add: 113-115 Xuan Hong St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3811 9607

First Hotel

Add: 18 Hoang Viet St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3844 1199/ 3844 1175

Thien Tu Hotel

Add: 248/9 Nguyen Thai Binh St., Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3811 0191

Trang Linh Hotel

Add: 72 Bau Cat 6 St.,Tan Binh Dist.

Tel: (84-28) 3849 2498

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