Dragon in the Sea of Cloud, Sai-mon in the background, Kiomizu Temple 清水寺, Kyoto 京都, Japan

Excerpt from voicemap.me/tour/kyoto/the-kiyomizu-dera-temple-a-complet...:

The blue dragon is believed to be the guardian deity of the East. At Kiomizu-dera Temple, there is a legend that a dragon, an incarnation of Kannon, flies nightly to this temple to drink water. Because of these traditions, statues of these two dragons were donated by the community in 2015.

Excerpt from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiyomizu-dera:

Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺, 'Pure Water Monastery') is a Buddhist temple located in eastern Kyoto, Japan. The temple is part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Kiyomizu-dera is located in the foothills of Mount Otowa, part of the Higashiyama Mountain range that dominates eastern Kyoto. The main hall has a large veranda, supported by tall pillars, that juts out over the hillside and offers views of the city. Large verandas and main halls were constructed at many popular sites during the Edo period to accommodate large numbers of pilgrims.

Beneath the main hall is the Otowa waterfall, where three channels of water fall into a pond. Visitors can catch and drink the water, which is believed to have wish-granting powers. There is also the Tainai Meguri, a dark tunnel said to represent the womb of Daizuiku Bosatsu (the bodhisattva Mahāpratisarā).

Taken in: Japan / Kyoto / Kamigyō-ku / Nishijin (show map)

Taken on: July 18, 2024

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