| Surak-san Songam-sa 수락산 송암사 Significant Temple on the dramatic Mountain in NE Seoul with maybe the most beautiful Samseong-gak doors ever! |
| Surak-san Doan-sa Surak-san Heungguk-sa Back to Surak-san Index Page San-shin CONTENTS PAGE Sacred Mountains Index Page |
| Interior of the Samseong-gak [Three Saints Shrine] -- in this rare but far-from-unique case, the Sanshin Mountain-spirit is enshrined in the central altar of the three, granting it highest status. |
| The Chilseong [Seven stars] icon |
| The South and North Pole-stars appear above Jeseok-bul [Indra from Hinduism]. |
| Il-wol-bosal [Sun & Moon Bodhisattvas]; see also Ilwol-san. |
| Dokseong [the Lonely Saint], as the left of the sacred triad. |
| Unique offeratory icons on the outer walls of this Samseong-gak |
| Song-am-sa Overall |
| San-shin and Yong-wang in the Shinjung Taenghwa |
| Yong-wang statue at the spring |
| Photo of former president (1961-79) Park Chung-hee on the side-wall of the Main Dharma Hall |
| Biro-bul on the pagoda |