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Modern · Buddhist · Vietnam
Linh Sơn Temple
Đà Lạt, Lam Dong · 11.9500°, 108.4369°
Gautama Buddha (bronze image seated on a lotus), with AvalokiteshvaraModern—
Sacred since
1938 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1938-1940
Modern
History & significance
A Buddhist temple in Đà Lạt built between 1938 and 1940 by public subscription, with the largest gifts from the lay Buddhists Võ Đình Dung and Nguyễn Văn Tiến. Its main hall holds a bronze Buddha seated on a lotus, cast in 1952.