It is said that, after the early modern period, it was popular among the people who came and went from the front of the temple gate to Wakasa Kaido Road, and lots of pious people visited it on the way to Kurama-dera Temple, and there was constant smoke of incense.
近世以降は、寺の門前から若狭街道を往還する人々に親しまれ、鞍馬寺への途次に詣でる善男善女も多く、香煙が絶えなかったといわれる。