Temples in South Korea

Visiting this grotto is symbolic of a spiritual journey into Nirvana.

This grand temple complex from the Old Silla era of Korea is home to a stone pagoda that was build in the 7th century.

One of only a handful of seaside temples in Korea, this sacred space is home to a legendary healing Buddha statue and a traffic safety prayer pagoda.

Known as the birthplace of Korean Buddhism, this temple features an ancient, five-story stone pagoda.

The only wooden pagoda remaining in South Korea is part of a Buddhist temple that was established in the year 553.

The name of the only golden Buddhist temple in Korea translates as "the temple that protects the country."

An unusual pagoda design in in the northwestern part of Hwaeomsa Temple.

This pagoda was once the central feature of a Buddhist temple that no longer exists.

To enter the lower hall of this temple, you must first walk through a dragon.

Over 80,000 carved wood blocks make up one of the world's oldest intact Buddhist canons.