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S. Korean Buddhist Temple Dedicates Largest Single Wooden Building in Orient

S. Korean Buddhist Temple Dedicates Largest Single Wooden Building in Orient

SEOUL, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean Buddhist temple on Monday dedicated a new hall containing a bronze statue of “Maitreya” Buddha that it claims is the largest single wooden building in the Orient, after 14 years of construction. Daegwang Temple, located in Seongnam just south of Seoul, held a ceremony earlier in [...]