An alternative legend puts the time of the temple's founding by Kukai at the year 807 and states that it subsequently became known as Imakumano Kannon-ji Temple (within the Sennyu-ji Temple precinct, stamp office for temple number 15 of the Saigoku Sanjusankasho (the 33 temples that are visited during the Kansai Kannon Pilgrimage)).
空海による草創年代を大同(日本)2年（807年）とする伝承もあり、この寺院が後の今熊野観音寺（泉涌寺境内にあり、西国三十三箇所観音霊場の第15番札所）となったともいう。