Fudarakusan-ji

Fudarakusan-ji (補陀洛山寺, 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.

Fudarakusan-ji
補陀洛山寺
Religion
AffiliationTendai
DeitySenju Kannon (Avalokiteśvara)
Location
Location348 Hamanomiya, Nachikatsuura-chō, Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama Prefecture
CountryJapan
Architecture
Completed4th century (legendary)

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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