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A temple in Mitoyo, the 71st stop of the Shikoku pilgrimage, up a long stone stair.
About this place
Iyadani-ji is a Shingon sect Zentsu-ji school temple holding the temple status of daihonzan, in Mino-cho, Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture. Its mountain name is Kengozan and its in-name is Senju-in. The principal image is the Thousand-Armed Kannon Bodhisattva. Temple No. 71 of the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage.
Principal image mantra: On basara tarama kiriku
Goeika (pilgrim hymn): Even traveling together with a wicked person, at Iyadani-ji, even for a moment, a good companion is good
Sutra-offering stamps: principal image stamp, Okunoin Gakumonjo, Seven-Place Pilgrimage Daikokuten