For this reason, the taikodai is distributed as 'amagoi shingu' (a ritual article for raining rite) rather than as mikoshi in Kagawa Prefecture to the eastern area of Ehime Prefecture, especially in rice-growing areas, where people have been suffering from a water-shortage since ancient time.
このため、古来より渇水の多い香川県～愛媛県東部等での特に稲作が盛んな地域では、神輿としての用途よりもむしろ「雨乞い神具」としての性格をもって太鼓台が分布した。