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According to Texas Monthly's January 2025 issue, a 72-foot statue of Quan Âm, the Vietnamese goddess of compassion, looks down over the Vietnam Buddhist Center in Sugar Land, Texas, and is the eighth-tallest statue in the nation.
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At the Vietnam Buddhist Center in Sugar Land, a 72-foot statue of Quan Âm looks down over a twelve-acre temple property near Houston.
Texas Monthly, in its January 2025 issue, calls Quan Âm the Vietnamese goddess of compassion and the eighth-tallest statue in the nation. The magazine describes a red-railed footbridge arching over a pond of lotus plants, a bell outside the temple and a main building with a three-tiered pagoda roof, and tells visitors to remove their shoes before going inside.
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A Buddhist temple on a twelve-acre property with a lotus pond, red footbridge, bell and prayer hall, according to Texas Monthly in January 2025, which tells visitors to remove their shoes before entering the main building.
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Vietnam Buddhist Center, 10002 Synott Road, Sugar Land, Texas. A Buddhist temple; Texas Monthly (January 2025) tells visitors to remove their shoes before entering the main building.
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