Minh Duc Pagoda is located in Thien Ma Cultural Area, built on a total area of nearly 90 hectares in the Ngang mountain area, in Tinh Long commune and Tinh Khe commune, Quang Ngai city. The pagoda started construction in 2018 with Venerable Thich Tam Vi as the investor. The main hall was built with an area of about 10,800m² and 37m high.
The Thien Ma Spiritual Cultural Area and Minh Duc Pagoda project was approved by the province at the end of 2017 with a budget of over 1,000 billion VND. Currently, the Long Hoa Vien area and Maitreya statue have been completed.
This is a Buddhist spiritual cultural area including Buddha statue areas, squares, Minh Duc Pagoda, Buddhist museum, stupa area, Long Hoa Vien, Bach Ma garden, Ten Dharma Realms, Zen area Duong, Phuong Y Duong and Noi Vien.
In particular, Minh Duc Pagoda has a 125m high statue of Guanyin Buddha. Currently, the rough construction of the statue has been completed. This is the tallest statue of Guan Yin Buddha in Vietnam, surpassing the statues at Ba Den Mountain (Tay Ninh) at 72m high and at Linh An Pagoda (Da Lat City) at 71m high. This statue also became the tallest Guan Yin Buddha statue in Southeast Asia and is among the top tallest Guan Yin Buddha statues in the world.
With a convenient location, located on the tourist route connecting all the most beautiful destinations in Quang Ngai province such as My Khe beach, Ba Lang, Ly Son island... Quang Ngai hopes this cultural area will contribute to promoting tourism. The province's calendar will develop even more strongly in the coming time.
Although not yet completed, according to statistics from the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Quang Ngai province, from December 29 to the 3rd day of the 2024 Lunar New Year, tourist areas and destinations in the province have welcomed about 50 thousand visitors. The number of visitors to Minh Duc Pagoda is the number of visitors to Minh Duc Pagoda, with more than 8,000 visitors.
Thien Ma spiritual cultural area is expected by the Quang Ngai provincial government to become an attractive tourist destination, attracting tourists to this land.
