MOUNTAIN WALLS, RIVER ROADS AND CAVE PALACES: VISITING BAI DINH PAGODA AND TRANG AN: 500 Arhats corridor, Thousand-armed and eyed Mother of Compassion, Largest Shakyamuni Buddha statue, and the stunning craggy mountains, caves and riverways of Trang An and Mua Mountain (Vietnam pilgrimage V)

The final instalment in my Vietnamese Buddhist pilgrimage this year, was to Bái Đính Pagoda (Chùa Bái Đính, 沛嵿寺)  a complex of Buddhist temples on Bái Đính Mountain in Ninh Bình Province, Vietnam. The compound consists of the original old temple and a newly created larger temple. It is considered the largest complex of Buddhist… Continue reading MOUNTAIN WALLS, RIVER ROADS AND CAVE PALACES: VISITING BAI DINH PAGODA AND TRANG AN: 500 Arhats corridor, Thousand-armed and eyed Mother of Compassion, Largest Shakyamuni Buddha statue, and the stunning craggy mountains, caves and riverways of Trang An and Mua Mountain (Vietnam pilgrimage V)