What you'll hear inside Seokguram Grotto:

• 1
  Rectangular Antechamber

  The rectangular antechamber is the first interior space of Seokguram Grotto, reached from the entrance tunnel.

• 2
  Octagonal Column Corridor

  The corridor with octagonal columns forms the narrow passage connecting the rectangular antechamber to the large circular interior chamber of the grotto.

• 3
  Main Rotunda (Round Chamber)

  The main rotunda is the inner circular chamber of Seokguram, topped by a hemispherical domed ceiling.

• 4
  Seokguram Grotto

  The Sakyamuni Buddha statue anchors Seokguram Grotto: a white granite sculpture standing 3.45 metres tall, depicting Buddha in seated meditation upon a lotus-shaped pedestal 1.6 metres high.

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  Eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara

  The Eleven-Headed Avalokitesvara, or Gwanseeumbosal in Korean, is a representation of the bodhisattva of compassion and mercy carved in low relief on white granite.