Fudarakusan-ji

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Fudarakusan-ji
補陀洛山寺
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Mountain Name Hakukasan
Denomination Tendai
Venerated Senju Kannon (Avalokiteśvara)
Founded 4th century (legendary)
Founding priest Ragyō Shōnin (legendary)
Address 348 Hamanomiya, Nachikatsuura-chō, Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama Prefecture
Country Japan

Fudarakusan-ji (補陀洛山寺 Fudarakusan-ji) is Tendai temple of the in Higashimuro district, Wakayama prefecture, Japan. 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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Coordinates: 33°38′41.01″N 135°56′3.97″E / 33.6447250°N 135.9344361°E / 33.6447250; 135.9344361


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