Sanjusangen-do is a Tendai Buddhist temple in Higashiyama District of Kyoto, Japan. Its main deity is Sahasrabhuja-arya-avalokitesvara or the Thousand

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Sanjusangen-do is a Tendai Buddhist temple in Higashiyama District of Kyoto, Japan. Its main deity is Sahasrabhuja-arya-avalokitesvara or the Thousand Armed Kannon. The statue of this deity housed by the Temple was created by the Kamakura sculptor Tankei and is a National Treasure of Japan.

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