Or that Lord Ganesha, the remover of obstacles, is revered as Kangiten in Japanese Buddhism and Maa Saraswati, the Hindu Goddess of knowledge and arts, is known as Benzaiten in Japanese Buddhism?

Indian tourists are especially drawn to the 8th-century Matsuchiyama Shoden temple, dedicated to the Japanese deity Kangiten, or the Japanese version of Lord Ganesha. And this is not the only ...