Discovering unique architecture of Tam Chuc pagoda

Located in Ha Nam province, just 60 kilometers from Hanoi to the south, Tam Chuc pagoda attracts visitors with its hospitable people and tranquil atmosphere in the middle of unspoiled forests.

Tam Chuc pagoda complex (Kim Bang, Ha Nam) covers 5,100 ha, including 1,000 hectares of water and 3,000 hectares of mountains, natural forests and valleys. Three faces of the pagoda are covered by That Tinh mountain range, in front of it is Tam Chuc lake with six mountains (Photo: Vietnam+)

Tam Chuc is a special pagoda with mighty landscape, its front faces the lake while its back leans the mountain (Photo: Vietnam+)

Though its construction is being under completion, the pagoda welcomes a large number of Buddhist followers and visitors everyday (Photo: Vietnam+)

The pagoda’s are cover 144ha, with many works, such as the Jade pagoda, Dien Tam The (The Main Hall of Buddhas of the Three Times), Guan Yin shrine, Tam Quan gate, international convention hall (Photo: Vietnam+)

Tam Chuc pagoda is built and decorated with sophisticated details (Photo: Vietnam+)

Statue of Guan Yin in monolithic inlaid copper weighs 100kg at the Main Hall of Buddhas of the Three Times (Photo: Vietnam+)

Hall dedicated to Phap Chu with two storeys and curved roof. The 31m heigh hall covers 3,000 sq.m (Photo: Vietnam+)

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Three bronze Buddha statues in black bronze with gold inlaid bodhi leaf behind, each weighing 200 tons, placed in the middle of the Main Hall of Buddha of the Three Times (Photo: Vietnam+)

All the details are gold plated (Photo: Vietnam+)

From these artifacts found in Tam Chuc, archaeologists have estimated that Tam Chuc Pagoda has a history of more than 1,000 years (Photo: Vietnam+)

The pagoda is decorated by many skillful craftmen of Buddhism, Hinduism, Muslism and Christanity (Photo: Vietnam+)

A natural artifact placed in front of the hall (Photo: Vietnam+)

Reliefs made of volcanic rock in Indonesia by the country's Muslims later brought to Vietnam (Photo: Vietnam+)

The walls of the pagoda are made up of 12,000 reliefs made from volcanic rock, depicting the stories and legends of Buddha's life, from the time of birth, enlightenment, and passing (Photo: Vietnam+)

Most of followers and visitors to the pagoda are impressed by the walls (Photo: Vietnam+)

Unique reliefs inside the pagoda (Photo: Vietnam+)

Unique reliefs inside the pagoda (Photo: Vietnam+)

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