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The 42nd temple on the Shikoku Eighty-Eight Temple…
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The 42nd temple on the Shikoku Eighty-Eight Temple Pilgrimage. This ancient temple is said to have been established when Kobo Daishi carved a Dainichi Nyorai (Mahavairocana) from a sacred gosandan wood he brought back from Tang Dynasty China, which became the principal image of worship. Standing amid the farmlands of Sangan-cho, the temple has long been held in deep veneration by farming communiti…
Butsumokuji is said to have been founded in 807 by Kobo Daishi (Kukai). According to legend, guided by an elderly man riding an ox, Daishi came to this place, found a sacred jewel lodged in a great camphor tree, recognized the ground as sacred, and carved a statue of Dainichi Nyorai from the camphor…
Averting disaster, directional protection, warding off epidemics. Central at Fudo, Kannon, and Gion-related sites.
Derived from the enshrined deity "大日如来"
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