Danjo Garan sacred precinct
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The Danjo Garan sacred precinct is the central temple complex and ritual heart of Mount Koya, featuring important halls, pagodas, and sacred structures of Shingon Buddhism.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Danjo Garan complex | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Buddhist temple complex ⓘ |
| access | reachable via Koyasan cable car and local buses ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Shingon mandala cosmology
ⓘ
esoteric Buddhist rituals ⓘ |
| centralFeature | Konpon Daitō pagoda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Okunoin cemetery and mausoleum area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| culturalDesignation | important religious center of Japanese Buddhism ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Dainichi Nyorai (Mahāvairocana) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Kūkai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founderReligiousTitle | Kōbō Daishi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
ritual center of Mount Koya
ⓘ
training site for Shingon monks ⓘ |
| governingBody | Kongobu-ji temple administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Bell tower
ⓘ
Chūmon (central gate) NERFINISHED ⓘ Fudō-dō Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Kondō (Golden Hall) NERFINISHED ⓘ Konpon Daitō pagoda NERFINISHED ⓘ Lecture hall ⓘ Miedo (Portrait Hall) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rokkaku Kyōzō (hexagonal sutra repository) NERFINISHED ⓘ Sai-tō pagoda NERFINISHED ⓘ Sannōin NERFINISHED ⓘ Tōtō pagoda NERFINISHED ⓘ Various smaller halls and shrines ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | part of a UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape ⓘ |
| JapaneseName | 壇上伽藍 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Mount Koya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Koya, Wakayama Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Kii Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSect | Shingon sect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
large vermilion pagodas and halls
ⓘ
symbolic representation of the Shingon Buddhist universe ⓘ |
| partOf | Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pilgrimageRole | key site on Koyasan pilgrimage routes ⓘ |
| region | Kansai region ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Shingon Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spatialRelation | situated on a plateau on Mount Koya ⓘ |
| topLevelSite | one of the two main sacred areas of Mount Koya ⓘ |
| tourism |
major pilgrimage destination
ⓘ
popular site for religious tourism ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince | 2004 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Danjo Garan complex