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Fudarakusan-ji Temple

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Also known as Fudarakusan-ji

is Tendai temple of the Higashimuro district, Wakayama prefecture, Japan. The name of temple comes from mount Potalaka. It is said to have been founded by Ragyō Shōnin, a monk from India.

Key facts

Religious building.name
Fudarakusan-ji補陀洛山寺
Religious building.image
Fudarakusanji04s2010.jpg
Religious building.image_size
300
Religious building.location
348 Hamanomiya, Nachikatsuura-chō, Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama Prefecture
Religious building.religious_affiliation
Tendai
Religious building.deity
Senju Kannon (Avalokiteśvara)
Religious building.country
Japan
Religious building.year_completed
4th century (legendary)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
Buddhist temple
Named after
Mount Potalaka
Religion
Tendai
Country
Japan
Located in
Nachikatsuura
Area
0.1
Dedicated to
Avalokiteśvara
Image
Fudarakusanji03s2010.jpg
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Commons category
Fudarakusanji
native label
補陀洛山寺
name in kana
ふだらくさんじ
mountain range
Kii Mountains
street address
和歌山県東牟婁郡 那智勝浦町大字浜の宮348
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is Tendai temple of the Higashimuro district, Wakayama prefecture, Japan. The name of temple comes from mount Potalaka. It is said to have been founded by Ragyō Shōnin, a monk from India.

In 2004, it was designated as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range.

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