Linh Son Pagoda in Dalat was built on a land area of about 4 hectares according to the architectural features of Asian nations in harmony and simplicity. Go through the three-door gate to the temple steps, surrounded by rows of star trees, pine trees and eucalyptus soaring.
Visit Linh Son Pagoda in Dalat (Image: ST)
In the eyes of any visitor who has ever arrived in Da Lat, this is a beautiful and poetic city with flower gardens full of colors and species. But Da Lat was even more beautiful, more precious in the eyes of the Buddhists whenever they came here.
Da Lat poetic city (Image: ST)
Perhaps Buddhism is an integral part of daily life of Dalat people, when there are many famous temples here. Each temple in Dalat has its own very beautiful and unique architecture.
Entrance to the temple (Image: ST)
Linh Son Pagoda address Dalat is located on the hillside at 120 Nguyen Van Troi Street, located in Ward 2, TP. Dalat is one such temple. This is also the headquarters of Lam Dong Buddhist Association.
The pagoda was completed in 1938 and currently has gone through four generations of monkhood. Thich Tu Man is the abbot of the temple from 1964 to the present.
Photos of Linh Son Pagoda in Da Lat (Photo: ST)
Linh Son Pagoda is built on an area of about 4 hectares according to the architectural features of the Asian nations in harmony and simplicity. Go through the three-door gate to the temple steps, surrounded by rows of star trees, pine trees and eucalyptus soaring. Near the temple grounds, there are two sides of pillars with mosaic tiles of Buddha’s teachings.
Architecture of Linh Son Pagoda in Da Lat
The entrance to the green temple (Photo: ST)
In front of the temple grounds is a statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva standing on a lotus throne. On the left of the temple grounds is a lake with delicate rocks and ornamental plants, on the right is a three-octagon-shaped stupa and a 4-meter-high tile roof. In the middle is the main hall of the two houses with two steps of the flanking dragon symbolizing the Dragon deity protecting the Buddha Dharma.
The towers in the temple (Image: ST)
Inside the main hall of Linh Son pagoda in Dalat with a solemn decor, the street has four large wooden pillars carved with couplets made of grapes painted in gold and bearing a heavy spiritual meaning:
“The color of pale mountains follows the person who enters the hospital
The sound of silence is listening to the guests.
In the middle is the worshiping Buddha Shakyamuni Buddha sitting on a lotus, above which a bronze statue weighs 1.25 tons and 1.7 meters high, was cast in 1952.
Bronze statue of the main altar (Photo: ST)
On the left of the main hall is the place where the Patriarch worshiped the Great Monk, and placed the deceased monks or deceased relatives brought to the pagoda by the relatives to keep the soul pure, outside the large drum. Diameter 0.75 mm. To the right of the main hall is a statue of Guardian of Amitabha and Dai Hong Chung weighing 450 kg hanging on a precious wooden frame.
Temple grounds (Photo: ST)
Traveling Linh Son Pagoda
Located on a low hillside in the heart of Dalat city, the temple grounds are like a sacred fairyland in the earthly world where there is only the murmur of leaves and the smell of agarwood. Although the architecture and scale are not as superficial as Van Hanh Zen Monastery, Truc Lam Zen Monastery, do not have a long history like Linh Quang Family Temple or other pagodas in Dalat, Linh Son Pagoda is still the destination of Tourists coming to Dalat through the introduction of the book Lonely Planet – Vietnam.
Linh Son Pagoda in Dalat is an ideal place for those who want to find a peaceful place and pray for good things for relatives and friends. Temples are sacred places, so whenever you visit a temple, keep only good intentions, good hearts, and sincere prayers.
