Mariamman
The only Hindu temple in Saigon. Considered sacred by ethnic Vietnamese and ethnic Chinese. Reputed to have miraculous powers. Built at the end of the 19th century and dedicated to the Hindu goddess Mariamman.
My summer pavilion where I write poetry with my 108 concubines.
Fortunate to get it down now and make sense of it later.
Mandarins ignore their servants.
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