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Modern · Buddhist · Vietnam
Xá Lợi Pagoda
District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City · 10.7781°, 106.6867°
Gautama Buddha (Buddha relic)Modern—
Sacred since
1956 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1956-1958
Modern
History & significance
A pagoda in District 3 of Ho Chi Minh City raised between 1956 and 1958 to enshrine a relic of Gautama Buddha, with its bell tower opened in 1961. Its sanctuary carries fourteen painted scenes running from the Buddha's birth as Prince Siddhartha to his attainment of nirvana.