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335th Radio Research Company Photo's of Tay Ninh Temple |
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335th Radio Research Company Photo's of Tay Ninh Temple |
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Updated: 10 February 2001
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Ceremonies and other forms of worship take place in the Holy See, which was built under the direction of Mr. Pham Cong Tac. This Great Divine Temple stands at the center of the Tay Ning Province, and is often the center of focus for tourism. Pham Cong Tac was not an engineer, nor an architect, but built the temple after receiving a vision. He built the outside of the temple so as to recognize the three principle religions. "The Catholicism is marked by its verticality (bell tower and drum tower), the Buddhism by its horizontality (the Nine Sphere Palace in the middle and Octagonal Palace on the left), and the Islamism by its sphericity." The temple is used for exoteric prayer and worship. The Holy See was built in 1928 in Tay Ninh. The location where the temple stands today was chosen wisely under many circumstances. The Tay Ninh province was ideal in several respects for the location of Cao Dai headquarters: it had a tradition of political dissent, mixed with an aura of religious respectability, it was isolated from the mainstream of colonial society and yet was not far from Saigon, and it was also strategically located near the Cambodian border. The front tower is called, "NGHINH PHONG DAI-(Tower of Saker) {that's the tower under the DRAGON Horse}. The back tower or, "BAW(?) QUA'I DA'I-(Octogonal Divine Palace of Maha. Manvantara). Anyway, during "great ceremonies, children's chorus are standing." (IN BOTH TOWERS) "The modulations of this invisible chorus (Divine Orchestra) mysteriously escape into the interior of the Great Temple through the lattices placed on the top of cupulas." Now do you know more than you wanted to? |