Was talking to Mum before I was going to sleep. She was talking about my Dad... gone to Vietnam for treatment... my mum told me to come to Vietnam in a few weeks but I said no... but she had told me there are really beautiful Temples there that mean alot to the buddhist community. So I had researched this building... Abstractly in a way this is a lotus temple...
Compared to the LOTUS TEMPLE of Delhi, India
One Pillar Pagoda (originally 1049, last reconstructed 1955)
The One Pillar Pagoda is an architectural gem unique to Vietnam. Tradition says that it was first constructed in 1049 during the early Ly dynasty. Legend has it that King Ly Thai To dreamed of the goddess Quan Am sitting on a lotus leaf and offering him a son. Struck by the dream, the Emperor married a peasant girl who soon provided him with a male heir. In gratitude, the king built this pagoda to honor the goddess. Some have said that the pagoda resembles a lotus climbing out of the water.The pagoda was destroyed a number of times over the centuries, most recently in 1954 during the French Colonial retreat, but was reconstructed in its present form in 1955 with a concrete pillar.
Lotus Temple, Delhi India

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