On July 16, 962 (Owa 2), during the late Heian period, the famous Tendai Buddhist monk Genshinbo Eshinsozu (943-1017) built a temple here after visiting the area and appreciating its topography and water supply. It is said that he enshrined and enshrined three statues of the Eleven-Headed Kannon Bodhisattva, Acala, and Bishamonten at the time. Since then, Genshinbo Eshinsozu has been revered as the temple's founder, and it later became a Shingon Buddhist temple before converting to the Nichiren sect during the Edo period. The Eleven-Headed Kannon Bodhisattva, a designated cultural property of Osaka Prefecture and believed to have been created by Eshinsozu, is known as the "fire-preventing Kannon Bodhisattva," and its virtuous expression soothes the soul. Furthermore, the spring water that springs from beside the hall never runs dry, and drinking this water is said to provide relief from fires.