A frequent motif on the seals is a one-horned quadruped like aunicorn (a creature, legend has it, from India) (see image) texts are tantalisingly brief.
Local legend has it that the vault is filled with snakes, but Mr. Bhushan, who wrote a 120-page history of the temple for the Supreme Court, dismisses those tales as hearsay.
THE mighty, shimmering Ginkgo towered over the shrine steps and, as legend has it, had stood witness to history being made in Japan for over 800 years.
And legend has it that villagers anxious about traffic safety need only bury a loris beneath a new road to keep it free from accidents.
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