Guanyin is also found in some influential Theravada temples such as Gangaramaya Temple, Kelaniya and Natha Devale nearby Temple of the Tooth in Sri Lanka Guanyin can also be found in Thailand's Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Wat Huay Pla Kang (where the huge statue of her is often mistakenly called the "Big Buddha") and Burma's Shwedagon Pagoda. The Hiranya Varna Mahavihar located in Patan is one example. Guanyin is also beloved and worshipped in the temples in Nepal. Guanyin is beloved by most Buddhist traditions in a nondenominational way and found in most Tibetan temples under the name Chenrézik ( Wylie: Spyan ras gzigs). The oldest one of them is the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a pilgrimage through 33 temples with Guanyin shrines. In Japan, there are several pilgrimages associated with Guanyin. There is a 33 temple Guanyin pilgrimage in Korea which includes Naksansa. Putuoshan is the main pilgrimage site in China. There are several pilgrimage centers for Guanyin in East Asia. Japan's Potalaka is located at Fudarakusan-ji. Naksansa is considered to be the Potalaka of Guanyin in Korea. In Chinese Buddhism, Mount Putuo is considered the bodhimaṇḍa of Guanyin. With the localization of the belief in Guanyin, each area adopted their own Potalaka. Guanyin's abode and bodhimaṇḍa in India is recorded as being on Mount Potalaka.
Several large temples in East Asia are dedicated to Guanyin, including Shaolin Monastery, Longxing Temple, Puning Temple, Nanhai Guanyin Temple, Dharma Drum Mountain, Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, Shitennō-ji, Sensō-ji, Kiyomizu-dera, Sanjūsangen-dō, and many others. Guanyin is often referred to as the "most widely beloved Buddhist Divinity" with miraculous powers to assist all those who pray to her, as is mentioned in the Pumen chapter of Lotus Sutra and Kāraṇḍavyūha Sūtra. Some Buddhists believe that when one of their adherents departs from this world, they are placed by Guanyin in the heart of a lotus, and then sent to the western pure land of Sukhāvatī. Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin, which means " Perceives the Sounds of the World." On the 19th day of the sixth lunar month, Guanyin's attainment of Buddhahood is celebrated. She was first given the appellation "Goddess of Mercy" or "Mercy Goddess" by Jesuit missionaries in China. She is the East Asian representation of Avalokiteśvara ( Sanskrit: अवलोकितेश्वर) and has been adopted by other Eastern religions, including Chinese folk religion. Guanyin ( traditional Chinese: 觀音 simplified Chinese: 观音 pinyin: Guānyīn) is a Bodhisattva associated with compassion. Kabyeeb, Niam-Txiv Kabyeeb, Dabpog, Niam-Txiv Dabpog Wood carving of Guanyin with Amitābha on its crown.
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