Tongdosa Temple

Bulbo Temple, one of the top three temples in Korea

Daeungjeon Hall of Tongdosa Temple (Geumgang Stairway)

Bulsari Tower of Tongdosa Temple

Located in Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Tongdosa Temple is one of the three treasured temples in Korea along with Haeinsa Temple in Hapcheon and Songgwangsa Temple in Suncheon. It is a Buddhist temple built in 646 during the reign of Queen Seondeok of Silla by Jajang Yulsa to store the Buddha’s ashes brought from the Tang Dynasty in China and the lyrics used by the Buddha Sakyamuni.

It was destroyed by the Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592, but was rebuilt in 1601, and after a large-scale renovation in 1641, it is now composed of 35 temples and has become one of the largest temples in Korea. Since Tongdosa Temple is a temple dedicated to the Buddha’s Jinsinsari, the main Buddha is not enshrined in Daeungjeon Hall. The Sari Pagoda, which houses the Bulsari, is located behind Daeungjeon Hall and is worshiping the Bulsari Tower through an indoor window instead of the Daeungjeon Buddha statue.

Near the temple entrance and Seongbo Museum

Tongdosa Temple Entrance

Sari Tower of Tongdosa Temple

Tongdosa Temple’s Natural Landscape

Tongdosa Temple Seongbo Museum

Tongdosa Temple Iljumun Gate, Samsung Banwolgyo Bridge, and Open Air Museum

Iljumun Gate of Tongdosa Temple

Samsung Banwol Bridge at Tongdosa Temple

Samsung Banwol Bridge at Tongdosa Temple

Tongdosa Temple’s Open-Air Relics Museum

Cheonwangmun Statue of Four Heavenly Kings and Beopgo and wooden fish hanging from Beomjongru

Tongdosa Temple Cheonwangmun

Tongdosa Temple Cheonwangmun Statue of Four Heavenly Kings

Tongdosa Temple Cheonwangmun Statue of Four Heavenly Kings

Tongdosa Temple Beomjongru

Geuknakjeon and murals painted on the walls of Geuknakjeon

Tongdosa Temple Geuknakjeon

Tongdosa Temple Geuknakjeon

Geuknakjeon mural

Geuknakjeon mural

Geuknakjeon mural

Geuknakjeon mural

Devotees are worshiping at Yeongsanjeon Hall, the three-story stone pagoda in front, and Yaksajeon Hall on the left.

Tongdosa Temple Yeongsanjeon

Tongdosa Temple Yeongsanjeon

Three-story Stone Pagoda in Yeongsanjeon Hall of Tongdosa Temple

The Daeungjeon Hall can be seen beyond the Buli Gate, the last gateway to the Buddha’s world of enlightenment. When you go out of Bulimun, there is Gwaneumjeon on the right.

Panoramic view of Bulimun Gate of Tongdosa Temple

Tongdosa Temple’s Buddhist Gate

Tongdosa Temple’s Buddhist Gate

Tongdosa Temple Gwaneumjeon

Tongdosa Temple Daeungjeon (Geumgang Stairs)
There is no statue of Buddha in Daeungjeon, and the stupa of Buddha is the object of worship.

Daeungjeon Hall of Tongdosa Temple (Geumgang Stairway)

Buddhists in the Daeungjeon Hall of Tongdosa Temple

The stupa of the Buddha is located in the direction of the Buddha statue in Daeungjeon, so it is an object of worship.

Entrance to Tongdosa Buddhist stupa

통도사 불사리탑

Bulsari Tower of Tongdosa Temple

Tongdosa Buddhist stupa

Guryongji pool, where the founding story of Tongdosa Temple is transmitted, Myungbu, which rules the afterlife, and Eungjinjeon Hall, where 16 disciples of the Buddha are enshrined.

Tongdosa Temple Guryongji

Tongdosa Temple Eungjinjeon

Tongdosa Temple Myeongbujeon