Thiên Mụ Pagoda is a Buddhist monastery in Huế, Vietnam, located on a hill on the northern bank of the Perfume River. With the seven-story Phước Duyên Tower, the pagoda is the tallest in Vietnam.
The monastery has a rather unusual sight, an old Austin, a small car parked in a garage on the grounds. On the garage wall is a photo that went around the world in 1963 and caused horror. The photo shows the self-immolation of monk Thích Quảng Đức on June 11, 1963, in protest against Buddhist persecution and oppression by Catholic dictator Ngô Đình Diệm. In the said car, the monk had himself driven to a crossroads in Saigon, doused with gasoline and set on fire. The photo caused a great sensation in the USA as well. Five months later, the U.S. dropped the dictator Diem.
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