In Japan, Pindola is called Binzuru (賓頭盧, びんずる), a short form of Bindora Baradaja (賓度羅跋囉惰闍, びんどら ばらだじゃ), and is arguably the most popular of all the Arhats.

The monastery refectory near Tōdai-ji temple at Nara has a large wooden statue of Binzuru, depicting him seated in the lotus position.

He is represented in paintings as an old man seated on a rock, holding a sort of sceptre (a Japanese shaku), or a sutra box and a feather fan.

At first he was very greedy, and went about with a large alms bowl, however, following the Buddha's personal advice he conquered his greed and lived strictly on whatever he received and soon became an arhat.

He carries a scripture in his right hand and an alms bowl in his left which he uses to aid those in the lower realms, conferring wisdom and granting wishes, protecting from misfortune

In the Bhāradvājasutta of the Samyutta Nikāya (in the Theravādin suttapitaka), he is described as residing at the famous Ghositārāma, and preaching to King Udena (Udayana) of Kauśambī.