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Tan Mai Ward, Hoang Mai District, Hanoi City, VietNam

The pagoda, commonly known as Set Pagoda, is located in Group 7 Giap Luc, Tan Mai Ward, Hai Ba Trung District, City. Hanoi. The pagoda is called Co Am Tu, Dai Bi Tu, formerly located in Giap Luc village (ie Set), Thinh Liet commune, Thanh Tri district, the famous gateway land in the South of Thang Long citadel.

 

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 Facade of Dai Bi Pagoda (Lightning) – Hanoi
 
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The pagoda, commonly known as Set Pagoda, is located in Group 7 Giap Luc, Tan Mai Ward, Hai Ba Trung District, City. Hanoi. The pagoda is called Co Am Tu, Dai Bi Tu, formerly located in Giap Luc village (ie Set), Thinh Liet commune, Thanh Tri district, the famous gateway land in the South of Thang Long citadel.

The pagoda was built in the Later Le Dynasty. Many documents show that the pagoda was built in the Ly Dynasty and has been restored many times. 

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Statue of Mrs. Ngoc Giao

 

The pagoda was restored under Khai Dinh’s reign, rebuilt at the end of 1953 and repaired in recent years. In the temple, there is a statue of Lady Ngoc Dao sitting on a lotus (a painted wooden statue, 1m high) and her grave. The pagoda still has many vestiges proving that it is an ancient temple in the capital.

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