Thien Vuong Co Sat Temple
Thien Vuong Co Sat Temple
VIETNAM, Lam Dong, Da Lat
Thien Vuong Co Sat means Heavenly King Ancient Site. It is said that the temple was built here in 1958 after a monk, Tho Da, noticed the fragrant aroma of agarwood at the site. Le Van Canh renovated the temple in 1989.
The temple complex occupies 2 ha and is divided into two courtyards. The two major buildings are the front hall and main hall. The front hall has a single-eave hip-and-gable roof and houses a 2 m high statue of Maitreya. The Four Heavenly Kings and the Eighteen Arhats are also enshrined within the hall. The main hall, also known as Bright Light Hall, has a double-eave hip-and-gable roof. The hall contains statues of the Amitabha Buddha Triad. All three statues are 4 m high and weigh 1.5 t. They are carved in agarwood, which produces a distinctive aroma.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture T-Z, page 1113.
Cite this article:
author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Johnson, Peter and Mankuang and Lancaster, Lewis,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture T-Z},
pages = 1113,
title = {{Thien Vuong Co Sat Temple}},
volume = 4,
year = {2016}}