Tōdai-ji
Great Eastern Temple at Nara, built to house a 15-metre bronze Buddha and to anchor a national network of provincial temples. Its Great Buddha Hall is among the largest wooden buildings ever raised.
Dated events and their evidence
- 738 CE mainstream
temple founded source - 752 CE mainstream
eye-opening ceremony; temple opened source - 1181 CE mainstream
reconstruction under Chogen after war damage source - 1709 CE mainstream
present Great Buddha Hall rebuilt source
Where
34.6892° N, 135.8397° E
Sources
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