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Inwangsa
Inwangsa
is a
Buddhist temple
of the
Bonwon Order
in
Mt
.
Inwangsan
,
Seoul, South Korea
. It is located at
San
2
Muak-dong
, in the
Jongno-gu
area
of
the city
. When
King Taejo of Joseon
Dynasty
established
the
capital city
in
Seoul
, he assigned Josaeng, a
monk
from a
Buddhist
temple
affiliated
to the
royal court
as the
head
monk of the new temple to
establish
it at the
site
.