13 JANUARY 2017AlCircle.com
Aluminium statue of Kannon in japan attracts visitors to the 400 year old temple
Edited by : Heena Iqbal
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<p>The Fukusai-ji Temple was created in 1628 and later destroyed in 1945 in Nagasaki, Japan. Fukusai-ji was reconstructed in 1979 in the shape of a turtle with an 18-metre high aluminium alloy statue of Kannon, the Goddess of Mercy.<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/fukusai-ji.gif" alt="News" width="517" height="226" /><br />The interior of the temple has a Foucault Pendulum, attached to the top of the statue from inside and hanging down into the basement. Foucault Pendulum was the third largest in the world at 25.1 meters long at the time of erection.<br /><br />The turtle of the temple also comprises of silver aluminium head swinging over the door way and it gleams as the sun catches at sunset.<br /><br />{googleAdsense}<br /><br />It is said that the statue is giving nectar to the sufferers with her left hand and praying that the sufferers sleep peacefully with her right hand.<br /><br />The Fukusai-ji Temple was built to dedicate to the victims of World War II and their happiness in the next world.</p>
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