Tongdosa temple

Tongdosa temple

This Buddhist temple is one of Korea's " Three Jewel Temples" together with Haeinsa and Songgwangsa temples.
It has more than 1,000 years of history.

While the temple has numerous treasures and cultural Geumgang Stairs are designated as National Treasure No 290.
The wooden main hall named Daeungjeon does not have a Buddha's statue because it has the Geumgang Stairs leading to a building where sariras, the creamated remains of the Buddha's are kept -- a symbol of Buddha's eternal pressense at the temple.