Place of worship
홍법사
Farm-turned-temple with a bronze Amida Buddha claimed as Korea's tallest, plus a Gandhi bust and India center.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Hongbeopsa Temple in Busan starts with Ha Do-myeonghwa, a lay Buddhist devotee who sold her vegetable fields in 1988 and put the money into a temple on that same farmland at the foot of Mount Cheolma. It follows the site's transformation into a main hall and a towering bronze Amida Buddha statue, then an odd turn: a bronze bust of Mahatma Gandhi, given by India, standing beside an India Cultural Center. You're left wondering why a converted vegetable field earned that honor.
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