Tongdosa Temple
통도사
The Buddha Jewel Temple among Korea's Three Jewel Temples, enshrining the Buddha's true relics. It is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Buddhist Mountain Monasteries of Korea.
Tongdosa is at the foot of Yeongchwisan (Vulture Peak) in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang Province. It was founded in 646 by the Vinaya master Jajang, and it enshrines the Buddha's true relics brought back from Tang China. The main hall has no Buddha statue. Visitors pay their respects through the window behind the hall to the reliquary stupa at the Geumgang Precepts Platform. It is the Buddha Jewel Temple among Korea's Three Jewel Temples. In 2018 it was inscribed as one of the World Heritage 'Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea.' The pine forest path of about 1.5 km from the temple gate, known as Muphung Hansong Road, is good for walking, and the temple also has the Seongbo Museum. Admission is free, since the cultural heritage viewing fee was abolished in 2023, but parking is paid. The temple is open roughly 06:00 to 18:00. Getting there: from the integrated bus terminal beside Oryun Station on subway Line 1, take a bus toward Eonyang for about 30 minutes to Tongdosa Station, then walk about 20 minutes.
Opening hours
About 06:00–18:00
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