Beautiful Bai Dinh Pagoda The Largest Pagoda in South East Asia

The Bai Dinh Pagoda and Temple complex of Buddhist temples on Bai Dinh Mountain in Gia Vien District, Ninh Binh Province. The compound consists of the original old temple and a newly created larger temple.

It is considered to be the largest complex of Buddhist temples in Vietnam and has become a popular site for Buddhist pilgrimages from across Vietnam.

Bai Dinh Pagoda, along with Phat Diem Cathedral, Hoa Lu Ancient Capital, Tran An, Cuc Phuong is a famous tourist attraction site of Ninh Binh Province. The New Bai Dinh Pagoda (Bai Dinh Tan Tu) encompasses an area of 700 hectares, located on Ba Rau hills, near the Hoang Long River.

This is a large complex which includes many structures built in several phases starting in 2002 and will finally be completed in 2020.

The temple’s architecture follows traditional lines, consisting of large halls, courtyards and enclosures, but the huge scale of Bai Dinh pagoda makes it strikingly different from previously built Vietnamese Buddhist pagodas.