On the morning of the 7th, the "Omifuki" ceremony, in which dust is wiped away from the principal image, the national treasure Rushana Buddha (Great Buddha), at Todai-ji Temple in Nara City, took place. This annual summer event restored the Great Buddha to its clean and refreshed appearance.
Approximately 170 monks and related personnel, after purifying themselves in the bathhouse and changing into white robes, gathered in the Great Buddha Hall.
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On the morning of the 7th, the "Omifuki" ceremony, in which dust is wiped away from the principal image, the national treasure Rushana Buddha (Great Buddha), at Todai-ji Temple in Nara City, took place. This annual summer event restored the Great Buddha to its clean and refreshed appearance.
Approximately 170 monks and related personnel, after purifying themselves in the bathhouse and changing into white robes, gathered in the Great Buddha Hall.