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Shikokuchuo, Ehime Prefecture
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Kobo Daishi built a triangular fire altar here and performed rituals for 21 days. The altar's remains still exist as a small island in the temple's Triangular Pond, which is how the temple got its name.
Sankaku-ji is Temple No. 65 on the 88-temple Shikoku Pilgrimage, placing it in the latter half of the famous route.
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Fascinating facts about this place
Kobo Daishi built a triangular fire altar here and performed rituals for 21 days. The altar's remains still exist as a small island in the temple's Triangular Pond, which is how the temple got its name.
Sankaku-ji is Temple No. 65 on the 88-temple Shikoku Pilgrimage, placing it in the latter half of the famous route.
The Yakushido hall is believed to cure warts and corns. Visitors dedicate votive tablets with octopus pictures, believing the octopus suckers will magically remove their corns.
Sankaku-ji is associated with Kobo Daishi, the revered monk Kukai who is central to the Shikoku Pilgrimage tradition.
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