Virtual Old Awa 33 Kannon Pilgrimage #7 Tennei-ji Temple

 

     Tennei-ji Temple was founded by Nikaido Yukimori (1181-1253), who was the executive director of the Mandokoro.  During the Kamakura Shogunate, the Mandokoro governed administration and finance.  The position of executive director, serving also as the treasurer, was held by the Nikaido Clan since Yukimori’s father, Yukimitsu (1164-1219).  The temple originally belonged to the Vinaya School.

     In 1352, Ashikaga Takauji (1305-1358) invited Priest Ingen (1295-1374) and turned it to the Linji School.  The main deity was the Gautama Siddhartha statue, which had been brought by a Chan priest from Dingning-si Temple, China.

     The temple also has the statue of Sahasrabhuja, who has 1,000 arms.  In 1655, the temple was burned down but the statue remained unburnt.  Since then, the statue became famous for answering prayers against fire.

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