Coconut Religion

Nam, who attended a French university,[1] established a floating pagoda[4] in the southern Vietnamese "Coconut Kingdom", in the province of Bến Tre.

[1] It is alleged that Nam consumed only coconuts for three years;[5] for that period he also practiced meditation on a small pavement made from stone.

[6] Nam was a candidate for the 1971 South Vietnamese presidential election but he would dropout after being afraid that he would be arrested and returned to his "Coconut Kingdom".

[1] Despite his eccentric behaviour, the government of Saigon respected him and called Nam a "man of religion".

[citation needed] The Coconut Estate is now serving as a tourist attraction along the My Tho Mekong Delta Tour.