Carlos Olmo
Temple in the Mountains
Sunggasa Temple was founded in 756 by a hermit in a small cave inside of a giant granite rock. The Temple gets its name from the figure of an Indian monk, Sungga-Taesa, which was brought here. The temple was abandoned and remained in ruins during the Japanese occupation from 1910 to 1845 and during the war with North Korea from 1950- 1953. The monk Towon, on the top of the temple, was restored in 1955. Something that stands out is the immense rock engraving of Buddha, which is reached after climbing 108 steps of a ladder.
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