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Hanoi  One Pillar Pagoda  The One Pillar Pagoda in Hanoi is a small wooden shrine perched on a single stone pillar rising from a lotus pond, creating the literal image of a lotus blossom emerging from muddy water to express purity, compassion, and enlightenment. Constructed in gratitude by Emperor Lư Thái for Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara granting him a son. Its design blends royal gratitude, Buddhist cosmology, and architectural minimalism, making it one of the most concentrated and poetic expressions of the lotus symbol in Southeast Asia. READ MOREHouse of Ho Chi Minh, House No.54  House No. 54 is a small, pre‑1954 French colonial service house beside the lake within the Presidential Palace complex in Hanoi, originally built as modest staff housing for a French electrician, and later used by Ho Chi Minh from 1954 to 1958 because it was simple three roomed house, already available, close to the administrative centre, and offered a quiet lakeside setting that suited his preference for modest living. READ MORE |
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