The UK's second biggest-selling daily newspaper Daily Mail has named Tran Quoc Pagoda, located on a small penisula on the east side of West Lake, among top 16 most mesmerising pagodas across the world.
According to the website, the 1,500-year-old Tran Quoc Pagoda is regarded as the most ancient one in Hanoi. Rounding the list of top 16 are Toji Pagoda in Kyoto, Japan, Pagoda in Lampang, Thailand Another pagoda in Thailand uddhist pagoda in Samui island in Thailand Pagoda, featuring 2,500 stone stupas - or dome-shaped buildings, is hidden in a remote area of Myanmar Shwedagon Paya Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul, the Republic of Korea Thambuddhei Paya Pagoda in Monywa, Myanmar Pagoda at Meidai Lamasery Inner in Mongolia Chureito Pagoda Fujiyoshida in Japan Wat Phra That Doi Suthep in Chiang Mai, Thailand Cebu Taoist Temple in Cebu, the Philippines Kyaiktiyo Pagoda in Mon State, Myanmar Kaunghmudaw Pagoda in Sagaing, Myanmar Global Vipassana Pagoda in Mumbai, India |
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