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labour and in some rural areas, Catholic priests led private armies against
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been erected in honour of Hòa Thượng Thích Ðôn Hậu, the abbot of the temple during its reconstruction phase in the 20th century. His holy body is entombed in the stupa, which is a garden of pine trees.
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to the government broadcasting station was ended when government forces opened fire. As a result, Buddhist protests were held across the country and steadily grew in size, asking for the signing of a
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to end religious inequality. Thien Mu Pagoda was a major organising point for the
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retreat which occurs annually between the full moon of the fourth and the seventh lunar month. The tradition had been inaugurated in the time of
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