One Pillar Pagoda
One Pillar Pagoda Reviews
 Jan 25, 2007
The original name of the pagoda was Dien Huu pagoda which literally means long lasting happiness and and good luck. The pagoda is situated in the western part of the city. It was first built in 1049 in the reign of King Ly Thai Tong. legend has it that at time King Ly Thai Tong was very old and had no sons of his own. One night he had a dream that he was granted a private audience with Buddha with a male baby on his hands. Buddha seating on a lotus flower in a square-shaped lotus pond in the western side of Thang Long Citadel, gave the king the baby. Month later the queen got pregnant and she gave birth to a male. To repay the gift from Buddha, the king ordered the construction of a pagoda with was supported by only one pillar resembling a lotus seat on which Buddha had been seated. The pagoda was dedicated to Buddha.
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Jun 09, 2007
The weather was scorching as my local friend brought me around to places like Ba Dinh Square, one pillar pagoda and the Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum. They are all situated beside one another, you can easily walk from one place to another. Though the weather was extremely hot at this time of the year in Vietnam, there is a nice… The Old Quarters |
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Aug 07, 2008
“Now to find the One Pillar Pagoda. It should be around here somewhere.” The rain had actually got heavier and everywhere people were taking refuge from the torrent wherever they could. But not us, we had a mission and we had to complete it no matter what. But without… Hanoi, Vietnam - The sights, sounds and smells |
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Dec 23, 2008
) so went to
see the One Pillar Pagoda (which is indeed, just one pillar) and some very
weird museum about Ho Chi Minh that barely had any English signs and tried
describing everything with modern art which just wasn't working. It probably
didn’t help that we missed a whole… Museum Day |
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Apr 13, 2008
One-Pillar Pagoda - allegedly the only one in Vietnam (if not the world) - built for the goddess of mercy (Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara). Very picturesque.
We lunched at a chain restaurant Pho 24 - our shady guide tried to tell us it was a special famous pho place… Exploring the City and Water Puppet Theater |
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Feb 16, 2007
…fantastic and we stopped off at several key sites such as Uncle Ho's Mauseleum, Uncle Ho's Palace, Uncle Ho's House on Stilts, the One Pillar Pagoda and the Quan Tranh Temple. After the tour, the remainder of the day was spent tending to a "mini-crisis" before barely making our flight back to Bangkok. One final bit of advice... beware of pickpockets at the Quan… Tết, Phở and Uncle Ho |
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