Daikaku-ji Temple, the head temple of the Shingon Buddhist sect, celebrates the birthday of Kobo Daishi (the sect's founder) with a traditional religious ceremony. Monks gather to perform solemn rituals, with a statue of the young Kobo Daishi displayed in a flower shrine. The temple is renowned as the root temple of the Heart Sutra, housing a copy hand-written by Emperor Saga.
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