Từ Đạo Hạnh

Từ Đạo Hạnh (chữ Hán: 徐道行, 1072-1116) also Đức Thánh Láng (德聖𣼽), was a Vietnamese monk who lived at the Thầy Temple near modern Hanoi.

[1] Various folk legends are told about his life and powers.

[2] Today when puppeteers perform during the Thầy Temple Festival, on the seventh day of the third lunar month, they honor Từ Đạo Hạnh as their founder and patron deity.

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Statue of Từ Đạo Hạnh in the Thầy Temple near Hanoi