Quan The Am Temple

VIETNAM, Ho Chi Minh City

Quan The Am means Avalokitesvara. The temple was built in 1920 and was renovated by abbot Quang Duc from 1960 to 1961. This was the last temple restoration undertaken by Master Quang Duc after he restored 14 temples in central Vietnam and 17 temples in southern Vietnam. The monk Thong Buu repaired the temple again in 1966.
Occupying 1,000 sq m, the principal buildings in the temple include the main gate, main hall, pagoda of the main hall, and Avalokitesvara Hall.
The main gate is three bays wide and has a hip-and-gable roof above the central bay. The Avalokitesvara Hall contains the 3.2 m high granite statue of Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara placed there in 1994. The seven-tier octagonal pagoda of the main hall is 28 m high. Its spire consists of a 40-petal udumbara flower followed by a 2 m high representation of a mudra. The pagoda houses a painting depicting the self-immolation of Master Quang Duc in 1963. It was painted in the same year by the artist Trong Noi, using the blood of monastics and Buddhist followers.