The Cheondogyo Central Temple in Seoul is the headquarters of Cheondoism, seat of the religion's central administration since the movement organised itself formally under its third leader, Son Byong-hui, in the early twentieth century.
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Type of Site DetailSourced to the subject's own accountThe present brick worship hall was completed in 1921 to replace an earlier building the growing congregation had outgrown, designed by the Japanese architect Nakamura Yoshihei during the Japanese colonial period; it is one of the relatively few major religious buildings from that period commissioned by a Korean new religious movement rather than by the colonial administration or an imported denomination. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Son Byong-hui directly: "formally under its third leader, Son Byong-hui, in the early twentieth century."
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