Kongorin-ji Temple is located east of Lake Biwa on the west mountainside of the Suzuka mountain range and is said to have been founded by a priest of the Nara period: Gyogi.
琵琶湖の東、鈴鹿山脈の西山腹に位置する金剛輪寺は、奈良時代の僧・行基の開創と伝える。