Indian Foreign Minister visits Tran Quoc Pagoda

On the occasion of Indian Foreign Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar's official visit to Vietnam and co-chairing the 18th meeting of the Vietnam - India Joint Commission, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Indian Foreign Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar visited and worshiped at Tran Quoc Pagoda (Tay Ho District, Hanoi).

Tran Quoc Pagoda has a long history and is famous in Vietnam, located on West Lake. Talking with the Indian Foreign Minister, Minister Bui Thanh Son said that today (October 15) is the first day of the Lunar calendar, so Tran Quoc Pagoda is very crowded with people coming to worship.

Minister Bui Thanh Son and Indian Foreign Minister visit Tran Quoc Pagoda

Minister Bui Thanh Son and Indian Foreign Minister listen to an introduction about Tran Quoc Pagoda

Venerable Thich Thanh Nha, Abbot of Tran Quoc Pagoda, welcomed the two ministers and introduced the history of the pagoda.

The Indian Foreign Minister presented Tran Quoc Pagoda with a Bodhi leaf from the Bodhi tree in Bodhgaya (Bodh Gaya, where Buddha attained enlightenment).

Venerable Thich Thanh Nha presented two ministers with two artistically crafted Bodhi leaves from the Bodhi tree at Tran Quoc Pagoda.

Indian Foreign Minister and his counterpart visit the main shrine of Tran Quoc Pagoda

Minister Bui Thanh Son and the Indian Foreign Minister next to the stele recording the history of the Bodhi tree at Tran Quoc Pagoda. In 1959, Indian President Rajendra Prasad brought this Bodhi tree to Vietnam as a gift to President Ho Chi Minh . The tree was planted at Tran Quoc Pagoda and is now huge.

The two ministers and the Abbot of Tran Quoc Pagoda and members of the two delegations took souvenir photos under the Bodhi tree.

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