Thich Ca Phat Dai Thích Ca Phật Đài
Pagoda complex on Big Mountain
A Buddhist hillside park on Big Mountain: walk up past statues of the Buddha’s life to a reclining Buddha. Built from 1961 to 1963, it has a 10 m seated Buddha on a lotus, and 16 relic beads are kept here. It is a different temple from Niet Ban Tinh Xa, the reclining-Buddha temple on Small Mountain.
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The reclining figure at Thich Ca Phat Dai, full length
Photo: Bùi Thụy Đào Nguyên · CC BY-SA 4.0
Thích Ca Phật Đài, with Thiền Lâm Tự, climbs the slope of Big Mountain from Trần Phú. It was built from July 1961 to March 1963. Walk up through sculptures of Siddhartha’s life to the seated Buddha, 10 metres from base to head, and the 12 metre reclining figure at the top.
Photo: Phương Huy · CC BY-SA 4.0
The complex keeps 16 relic beads and a branch of the bodhi tree. Come in the daytime. Niet Ban Tinh Xa, on the Small Mountain shore, also has a 12 metre reclining Buddha. Visit both if pagodas are your interest.
Getting there and around
The gate is at 610 Trần Phú, on the Big Mountain side of the peninsula. Take a taxi or motorbike taxi from either beach.
From the Ho May station
Both are on Trần Phú: the station at 1A, the pagoda at 610.
From Front Beach
Along Trần Phú round the Big Mountain shore.
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