It is believed that this shrine was built for enshrining the divided deity as Ujigami (a guardian god or spirit of a particular place in the Shinto religion) by the people who were separated from the Ogawatsuki-jinja Shrine area due to the change of the Oi-gawa River's flow path.
これは大堰川の流路変更によって当神社と隔てられた人々が新しく氏神として当神社から勧請したものであると見られている。