Truc Lam Temple located near the side of Tuyen Lam Lake, built on 2 ha of land, and inaugurated in 1994, Truc Lam Monastery is deemed to be the largest one nationwide, both in space and the scale of training.
With the Central Sanctum right on a top of high hill, and 222 steps upwards from Tuyen Lam Lake, the Monastery has an elegant and airy architecture and interior arrangement. In the high and wide Sanctum there is a statue of the Shakya Buddha with a lotus in hand.
Outside is a solemn tower, therein hung a great bell 1.98 meters high, weighed 1.1 tons, and incised with a poem of Bhiksu Truc Lam.
The Monastery has over 100 monks and nuns and many laymen who come from other places in the country, who follow a daily strict training regime.
Truc Lam Pagoda is located by Tuyen Lam Lake, Quarter n°3 in Dalat.
