Shrines, temples and deities in Nara

61 deities · 62 places

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Aizen Myoo

love fulfillmentlove luck3 places

Ajisukitakahikone-no-Mikoto

Kamo clan origins1 place

Ame-no-Mihashira (Wind Gods)

wind protection1 place

Ame-no-Mikumari-no-Kami

child granting1 place

Amenokoyane-no-Mikoto

ancestral blessings2 places

Amida Nyorai

Boshin war deadJodo Shinshu devotionPure Land devotion47 places

Amida Nyorai (Chiko Mandala)

Pure Land rebirth1 place

Asuka Daibutsu (Shaka Nyorai)

oldest Buddha's protection1 place

Benzaiten

arts & eloquencearts & wisdommoney and music luck9 places

Binzuru Sonja

healing by touch1 place

Birushana Butsu (Great Buddha)

national peace and prosperity1 place

Bishamonten

capital gate protectionevil warding & fortunefortune & courage12 places

Daikokuten Couple

marital harmony1 place

Eleven-faced Kannon

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

Eleven-faced Thousand-armed Kannon

eye disease healinggood fortune & wisdomkannon salvation & mercy6 places

Emperor Godaigo

loyalty and devotion1 place

Emperor Jimmu

new beginnings1 place

Emperor Junnin (Goryo)

matchmaking1 place

Fujiwara no Kamatari

success in ventures1 place

Fukukenjaku Kannon

pilgrimage wish granting1 place

Futsunomitama-no-Okami

warding off evil1 place

Gigeiten

artistic skill1 place

Hachiman Okami

all-purpose omamori varietyarmor & warrior protectioncity guardian blessings12 places

Hieda no Are

storytelling and memory1 place

Himegami

harmonious relationships1 place

Himetataraisuzuhime-no-Mikoto

child protection1 place

Himuro-no-Kami

ice and cold-storage trades1 place

Hitokotonushi no Okami

one-word wish granting1 place

Hitokotonushi-no-Okami

one-word wish granting1 place

Jizo Bosatsu

Jizo salvation1 place

Juichimen Kannon

Kannon compassionall-round wish grantingchild-bestowing camphor tree22 places

Juichimen Kannon

cancer wardingyakuyokeyakuyoke and love luck3 places

Juichimen Senju Kannon

eye disease healinggood fortune wishesisland guardian prayers5 places

Kangiten

commercial success1 place

Kotoshironushi-no-Kami

fertility rites1 place

Koyasu Jizo

safe childbirth sash1 place

Koyasu Jizo Bosatsu

safe childbirth1 place

Kuebiko-no-Kami

wisdom and exams1 place

Kunimihashira no Mikoto

wind calming1 place

Kunitokotachi-no-Mikoto

directional protectionspiritual calling protection2 places

Kuse Kannon

salvation from suffering1 place

Mizuhanome-no-Kami

rainmaking1 place

Monju Bosatsu

exam wisdomwisdomwisdom & exam success6 places

Nyoirin Kannon

beauty and love luckfulfilling wisheskannon salvation & mercy12 places

Nyoirin Kannon (Miroku)

compassionate protection1 place

Omononushi Aramitama

healing sacred water1 place

Omononushi-no-Okami

sake brewing1 place

Prince Shotoku

craftsmen's patronagewisdom of Shotoku2 places

Rushana Butsu

precepts and protection1 place

Shaka Nyorai

47 ronin memorialDate family bodaijiFujiwara clan protection44 places

Shaka Nyorai (Asuka Great Buddha)

oldest buddha blessing1 place

Taima Mandala (Amida Pure Land)

pure land visualization1 place

Taima Mandala (Amida)

Pure Land rebirth1 place

Takemikazuchi-no-Mikoto

single wish grantingvictory and protection2 places

Thousand-armed Kannon

healing children's illnesshuman connection blessingsisland sanctuary blessings5 places

Thousand-armed Kannon

extinction of sinseye disease healing2 places

Tokudo Shonin (pilgrimage founder)

pilgrimage founding blessing1 place

Wakaukanome-no-Mikoto

water and harvest1 place

Yakushi Nyorai

Bandai healing templeChosokabe clan templeSomin sai yakuyoke55 places

Yamato Okunitama-no-Okami

voyage safety1 place

Zao Gongen

mountain ascetic power1 place

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