During Sept. 1986 to March 1987 I stayed in Japan as a research fellow of Matsumae International Foundation and worked in Sophia University Tokyo in the Actuators and Transducers Lab of Prof. Kenji Uchino.
Matsumae foundation has taken us ona 10 day study tour of Japan.
Kyoto Buddist temple is the most attractive of all. The temple is built of wood and the outside structure is that of a shrine. Prayers are performed in Sanskrit. All Veda type Mantras are read by priests and various Gods in Hinduism are treated as incarnation of the Bodhisatva or Buddha himself. Kyoto is near to Osaka. This is one temple what the Americans didnot want to destroy during the world war - 2 for the cultural and monumental heritage. Kyoto was saved in world war -2 to see that no harm is done to the Buddist temple. TEMPLE IS KNOWN AS SANJUSANDEN-GO BUDDIST TEMPLE. THE MAIN DIETY IMAGE IS SHOWN ABOVE KANNON BODHISATTVA. IMAGE OF THE TEMPLE THE WOODEN STRUCTURE RESTING ON WOODEN PLATFORM IS SHOWN BELOW.
THIS TEMPLE HAS A VERY BIG HALL WITH 1001 STANDING STATUES OF THOUSAND ARMED KANNON. ALL THE IMAGES ARE MADE OF WOOD, A SPLENDOR VIEW.
IMAGES OF LESSER GODS GARUD AND VAYU DEV ARE ALSO SEEN.
In Kyoto I have also seen another beautiful temple in the waters. i do not remeber exactly the name of this temple of is it another view of the same sanjusandengo temple. But, we have crossed the waters over some stones laid in a systamatic form. The view of this temple is see below.
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