A woman rows on the Yến River to the Perfume Pagoda, a popular pilgrimage site outside Hanoi, Vietnam. The Hương Temple (Vietnamese: Chùa Hương, Chữ Hán: 香寺) is a vast complex of March 2008. Buddhist temples and shrines built into the limestone Hương Tích mountains. It is the site of a religious festival which draws large numbers of pilgrims from across Vietnam. The centre of the Hương Temple lies in Hương Sơn Commune, Mỹ Đức District, former Hà Tây Province (now Hanoi). The centre of this complex is the Hương Temple, also known as Chùa Trong (Inner Temple), located in Hương Tích Cave.
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