Taimadera
Taima-dera is a Buddhist temple located in the Taima neighborhood of the city of Katsuragi, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Shingon and Jōdo traditions of Japanese Buddhism and its honzon is the Taima Mandala, a graphical representation of the Pure Land.Photo: 8-hachiro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Taima-dera” and “Taima-dera Temple”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Taima-dera Oku-no-in Hōmotsukan and West Pagoda, Taimadera.
Taima-dera Oku-no-in Hōmotsukan
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Taima-dera Oku-no-in Hōmotsukan is a museum.
West Pagoda, Taimadera
Building
Photo: 8-hachiro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
West Pagoda, Taimadera is a building.
East Pagoda, Taimadera
Building
Photo: 8-hachiro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
East Pagoda, Taimadera is a building, which is situated 130 metres southeast of Taimadera.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taima and Hikida.
Taima
Neighborhood
Taima was a town located in Kitakatsuragi District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. On October 1, 2004, Taima, along with the town of Shinjō, was merged to create the city of Katsuragi.
Hikida
Neighborhood
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Hikida is a neighborhood, which is situated 3 km southeast of Taimadera.
Shinjō
Neighborhood
Shinjō was a town located in Kitakatsuragi District, Nara Prefecture, Japan. On October 1, 2004, Shinjō, along with the town of Taima, was merged to create the city of Katsuragi. Shinjō is situated 4 km southeast of Taimadera.
Taimadera
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Katsuragi Shi, Nara, Kansai, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.516° or 34° 30′ 58″ northLongitude
135.6945° or 135° 41′ 40″ eastOpen location code
8Q6QGM8V+9QOpenStreetMap ID
way 669223973OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q478979
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Japanese—“Taimadera” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “تيما-ديرا”
- Chinese: “當麻寺”
- Dutch: “Taima-dera”
- Egyptian Arabic: “تايما ديرا”
- French: “Taima-dera”
- Gan Chinese: “當麻寺”
- German: “Taima-dera”
- Indonesian: “Wihara Taima-dera”
- Japanese: “当麻寺”
- Japanese: “當麻寺”
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