Pictured is a marble sculpture of a turtle with a stele on his back in a small pavilion in Thien Mu Pagoda, Hue Vietnam. It is located to the east of the seven story Phuoc Duyen tower. The small pavilion contains an eight-foot-high stone stele set on the back of a giant marble turtle. The stele was carved in 1715 to commemorate the Lord Nguyen Phuc Chu`s recently-completed renovation of the pagoda; the Lord himself penned the text inscribed on the stele, which describes the pagoda`s new buildings, extols Buddhism and praises the monk who helped the Lord spread the faith in the region.
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