The Imperial family in Kyoto, the Tokugawa Shogun family in Edo, and the lord of the Koriyama Domain Yanagisawa family also made prayers here, and it is renowned as a sacred ground to Shoten worship.
京都の皇室や江戸の徳川将軍家、郡山藩主柳沢家からの祈願もあり、聖天信仰の霊場として名高い。