Shrines, temples and deities in Nara

61 deities · 62 places

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Aizen Myoo

love fulfillmentlove luck3 temples

Ajisukitakahikone-no-Mikoto

Kamo clan origins1 temples

Ame-no-Mihashira (Wind Gods)

wind protection1 temples

Ame-no-Mikumari-no-Kami

child granting1 temples

Amenokoyane-no-Mikoto

ancestral blessings2 temples

Amida Nyorai

Boshin war deadJodo Shinshu devotionPure Land devotion47 temples

Amida Nyorai (Chiko Mandala)

Pure Land rebirth1 temples

Asuka Daibutsu (Shaka Nyorai)

oldest Buddha's protection1 temples

Benzaiten

arts & eloquencearts & wisdommoney and music luck9 temples

Binzuru Sonja

healing by touch1 temples

Birushana Butsu (Great Buddha)

national peace and prosperity1 temples

Bishamonten

capital gate protectionevil warding & fortunefortune & courage12 temples

Daikokuten Couple

marital harmony1 temples

Eleven-faced Kannon

all-round kannon blessingscancer wardingchild-granting (kosazuke camphor)27 temples

Eleven-faced Thousand-armed Kannon

eye disease healinggood fortune & wisdomkannon salvation & mercy6 temples

Emperor Godaigo

loyalty and devotion1 temples

Emperor Jimmu

new beginnings1 temples

Emperor Junnin (Goryo)

matchmaking1 temples

Fujiwara no Kamatari

success in ventures1 temples

Fukukenjaku Kannon

pilgrimage wish granting1 temples

Futsunomitama-no-Okami

warding off evil1 temples

Gigeiten

artistic skill1 temples

Hachiman Okami

all-purpose omamori varietyarmor & warrior protectioncity guardian blessings12 temples

Hieda no Are

storytelling and memory1 temples

Himegami

harmonious relationships1 temples

Himetataraisuzuhime-no-Mikoto

child protection1 temples

Himuro-no-Kami

ice and cold-storage trades1 temples

Hitokotonushi no Okami

one-word wish granting1 temples

Hitokotonushi-no-Okami

one-word wish granting1 temples

Jizo Bosatsu

Jizo salvation1 temples

Juichimen Kannon

Kannon compassionall-round wish grantingchild-bestowing camphor tree22 temples

Juichimen Kannon

cancer wardingyakuyokeyakuyoke and love luck3 temples

Juichimen Senju Kannon

eye disease healinggood fortune wishesisland guardian prayers5 temples

Kangiten

commercial success1 temples

Kotoshironushi-no-Kami

fertility rites1 temples

Koyasu Jizo

safe childbirth sash1 temples

Koyasu Jizo Bosatsu

safe childbirth1 temples

Kuebiko-no-Kami

wisdom and exams1 temples

Kunimihashira no Mikoto

wind calming1 temples

Kunitokotachi-no-Mikoto

directional protectionspiritual calling protection2 temples

Kuse Kannon

salvation from suffering1 temples

Mizuhanome-no-Kami

rainmaking1 temples

Monju Bosatsu

exam wisdomwisdomwisdom & exam success6 temples

Nyoirin Kannon

beauty and love luckfulfilling wisheskannon salvation & mercy12 temples

Nyoirin Kannon (Miroku)

compassionate protection1 temples

Omononushi Aramitama

healing sacred water1 temples

Omononushi-no-Okami

sake brewing1 temples

Prince Shotoku

craftsmen's patronagewisdom of Shotoku2 temples

Rushana Butsu

precepts and protection1 temples

Shaka Nyorai

47 ronin memorialDate family bodaijiFujiwara clan protection44 temples

Shaka Nyorai (Asuka Great Buddha)

oldest buddha blessing1 temples

Taima Mandala (Amida Pure Land)

pure land visualization1 temples

Taima Mandala (Amida)

Pure Land rebirth1 temples

Takemikazuchi-no-Mikoto

single wish grantingvictory and protection2 temples

Thousand-armed Kannon

healing children's illnesshuman connection blessingsisland sanctuary blessings5 temples

Thousand-armed Kannon

extinction of sinseye disease healing2 temples

Tokudo Shonin (pilgrimage founder)

pilgrimage founding blessing1 temples

Wakaukanome-no-Mikoto

water and harvest1 temples

Yakushi Nyorai

Bandai healing templeChosokabe clan templeSomin sai yakuyoke55 temples

Yamato Okunitama-no-Okami

voyage safety1 temples

Zao Gongen

mountain ascetic power1 temples

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