The shrine came to offer accommodation for nobles travelling a route that would allow them to avoid the misfortune associated with unlucky directions and it became worshipped as a shrine for warding off evil and the misfortune of unlucky directions as it protected the northeast of Kyoto Imperial Palace.
また、貴族の方違の宿所となり、京都御所の鬼門を守る神とされたことから、方除け、厄除けの神として信仰されるようになった