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Buddhism
Buddhist sacred sites trace the movement of teachings, relics, monastic communities, cave practice, stupas, temples, and pilgrimage routes across Asia and beyond.
664 sacred places share this lineage. Use the country links to narrow in.
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Buddhism sacred sites connect places through shared lineage, ritual use, memory, and pilgrimage practice across the Pilgrim Map atlas.
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Temple of the Emerald Buddha
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
The Temple of the Emerald Buddha is the royal chapel of Bangkok's Grand Palace and the home of Phra Kaeo Morakot, Thailand's palladium. Rama I installed the image in 1782....
Tenjōji
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Mayasan Tenjō-ji sits near the summit of Mt. Maya, the Kobe-area mountain named for Mayadevi (Lady Maya, mother of the Buddha) — the temple's distinctive secondary focus...
Tennō-ji
Sakaide, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Temple 79 Tennō-ji in Sakaide is named for the body of an emperor — Sutoku, exiled after the Hōgen Disturbance of 1156 and dead in Sanuki in 1164....
Tennōji Temple
Taito City, Tokyo, Japan
Tennōji Temple (天王寺) is an active Nichiren Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or...
Tenryu-ji Temple
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
At the foot of the Arashiyama mountains in western Kyoto, Tenryu-ji preserves a garden designed by Zen master Musō Soseki for a single purpose: meditation....
That Ing Hang
Savannakhet, Savannakhet, Laos
Outside Savannakhet stands That Ing Hang, a three-terraced golden stupa marking the spot where, by legend, the ailing Buddha leaned against a hang tree to rest....
That Sikhottabong
Thakhek, Khammouane, Laos
On the Mekong's left bank a few kilometers south of Thakhek, That Sikhottabong rises nearly thirty meters in gold and white....
The Temple of Haeinsa, Gaya-san
Hapcheon, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
Haeinsa is one of Korea's Three Jewel Temples, representing the Dharma itself. High on Mount Gayasan, this active monastery safeguards the Tripitaka Koreana, the world's...
Todaiji
Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan
In 752 CE, Emperor Shōmu consecrated a bronze Buddha of unprecedented scale—15 meters tall, cast from nearly all the copper in Japan—to bring peace to a nation wracked by...
Todoroki Fudōson Temple
Setagaya City, Tokyo, Japan
Todoroki Fudōson Temple (等々力不動尊) is an active Japanese Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo....
Tōfuku-ji
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
A Zen training temple stretched across a maple-filled ravine. Tōfuku-ji remains an active Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Tōfuku-ji school temple....
Toji
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
For over 1,200 years, Tō-ji has been the beating heart of Shingon Buddhism—the esoteric tradition that Kūkai brought from China in the 9th century....
Tokoin Hagino-tera
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Tōkō-in — known by the affectionate name Hagi-no-tera, Bush Clover Temple — is a Sōtō Zen temple in suburban Toyonaka, Osaka....
Toling
Tsamda County, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Toling Monastery stands in the surreal Zanda Earth Forest of western Tibet, nearly 1,200 kilometers from Lhasa....
Tongdosa
Yangsan, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea
Tongdosa is Korea's largest monastic complex and the 'Buddha Jewel' of the country's Three Jewel Temples, built in 646 CE to enshrine relics of the historical Buddha....
Tosa Kokubun-ji
Nankoku, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Tosa Kokubun-ji holds dual identity: imperial provincial temple of ancient Tosa Province and Temple 29 of the Shikoku Pilgrimage....
Toshodai-ji
Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Toshodai-ji, stands in Nara. At Toshodai-ji, Ritsu Buddhism guides custody. Prayer at Toshodai-ji addresses Rushana Buddha, Yakushi Nyorai, Thousand-Armed Kannon, and...
Tōshun-ji
Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Tōshun-ji — Shōshū-zan Tōshun-ji — was founded in 1572 by Mōri Terumoto as the bodhi-temple of his grandfather, the warlord Mōri Motonari....
Toyokawa Inari Betsuin
Minato City, Tokyo, Japan
Toyokawa Inari Betsuin (豊川稲荷東京別院) is an active Soto Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo....
Trashigang Dzong
Chagzam_Pam, Trashigang, Bhutan
Trashigang Dzong stands on a cliff ledge with sheer drops on three sides, overlooking the confluence of the Drangme Chhu and Gamri Chhu rivers in eastern Bhutan....
Trongsa Dzong
Bagochen Boolingpang Ueling, Trongsa, Bhutan
The Ta Dzong of Trongsa was built in 1652 as a watchtower to guard the largest dzong in Bhutan....
Trúc Lâm Đà Lạt Zen Monastery
Đà Lạt, Lâm Đồng, Vietnam
Trúc Lâm Đà Lạt is a contemporary Zen monastery devoted to meditation, monastic discipline, and renewal of the Vietnamese Trúc Lâm lineage....
Tsugizakura-oji
Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Tsugizakura-oji (継桜王子) is an oji grove known for the Nonaka Ipposugi cedars and its association with Minakata Kumagusu's resistance to shrine consolidation on the...
Tsukiji Hongwan-ji Temple
Chuo City, Tokyo, Japan
Tsukiji Hongwan-ji Temple (浄土真宗本願寺派 築地本願寺) is an active Jodo Shinshu Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo....
Từ Hiếu Pagoda
Huế, Huế, Vietnam
Từ Hiếu is a living Huế monastery shaped by Mahayana practice, filial remembrance, and monastic lineage....
Ugyen Cholling Monastery
Baylamsharang, Samdrup Jongkhar, Bhutan
In the upper Tang Valley of Bumthang, Ogyen Choling sits on a hill shaped like an elephant's head, where the great Nyingma master Longchenpa meditated in a cave in the...
Unpen-ji
Miyoshi, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Unpen-ji sits at 927 metres on the ridge between Tokushima and Kagawa, the highest temple of the Shikoku 88 and the gateway to the Nirvana stage of the pilgrimage....
Vĩnh Nghiêm Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City
Xuân Hòa, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Vĩnh Nghiêm Pagoda is a modern Ho Chi Minh City center of Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhism shaped by northern practice....
Vĩnh Tràng Pagoda
Mỹ Phong, Đồng Tháp, Vietnam
Vĩnh Tràng Pagoda is a major Mahayana Buddhist center near Mỹ Tho. Its mixed architectural vocabulary surrounds living worship of Śākyamuni Buddha and bodhisattvas, along...
Vrang Buddhist Stupa and Temple
Vrang / Ishkoshim District, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan
Vrang Buddhist Stupa and Temple is a documented archaeological site in Vrang / Ishkoshim District, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan, connected with...
Wangdue Phodrang Dzong
Dzonkhag Thromde, Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan
Wangdue Phodrang Dzong was built in 1638 by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, fulfilling an 800-year-old prophecy that an emanation of Naropa would build a palace on an...
Wat Arun
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Arun first appears as a brilliant vertical marker on the Thonburi bank, but the river view is only an introduction....
Wat Benchamabophit
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Benchamabophit is known as the Marble Temple, yet imported stone is only its outer threshold....
Wat Bowonniwet
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Bowonniwet is a royal monastery whose significance rests in ordination, study, reform, and a lineage linking the monk-prince Mongkut with later Thai kings and senior...
Wat Chaiwatthanaram
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
Wat Chaiwatthanaram presents a deliberate hierarchy: a dominant central prang, surrounding towers, galleries, and the Chao Phraya at the edge of the composition....
Wat Chalong
Chalong, Phuket, Thailand
Wat Chalong, formally Wat Chai Tharam, is Phuket's major living monastery and a center of devotion to the Buddha and revered monks Luang Pho Chaem and Luang Pho Chuang....
Wat Chamthewi
Lamphun, Lamphun, Thailand
Wat Chamthewi, also called Wat Kukut, is a living Lamphun monastery best known for the stepped Mahapol Chedi with rows of standing Buddhas....
Wat Chang Hai
Khok Pho, Pattani, Thailand
Wat Chang Hai in Pattani is a living Buddhist monastery and major centre of devotion to Luang Pu Thuat....
Wat Chang Lom, Si Satchanalai
Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Chang Lom stands near the centre of Si Satchanalai, where thirty-nine full-bodied stucco elephants encircle a Sri Lankan-form principal chedi....
Wat Chang Rop
Kamphaeng Phet, Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand
Wat Chang Rop crowns a laterite hill in Kamphaeng Phet's aranyik forest-monastery zone....
Wat Chedi Chet Thaeo
Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Chedi Chet Thaeo is a major archaeological temple within Si Satchanalai, component 002 of UNESCO property 574....
Wat Chedi Luang
Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Wat Chedi Luang holds several centers at once: a vast damaged Lanna chedi, an active monastery, Buddha images, and Chiang Mai's Inthakhil city pillar....
Wat Chiang Man
Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Wat Chiang Man ties Chiang Mai's foundation to two compact but highly revered Buddha images....
Wat Hong Thong
Bang Pakong, Chachoengsao, Thailand
Wat Hong Thong, also called Wat Klang Na, is a living Bang Pakong monastery where a causeway crosses mangrove shore to an ordination hall and the three-level Phra That...
Wat Kalayanamit
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Kalayanamit is a living Theravada royal monastery on the Chao Phraya, centered on the monumental Buddha Phra Phuttha Trai Rattananayok, known affectionately as Luang...
Wat Langka, Phnom Penh
Khan Boeng Keng Kang, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Wat Langka is one of the five original pagodas established when King Ponhea Yat founded Phnom Penh in 1442....
Wat Lokayasutharam
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
At Wat Lokayasutharam, a monumental reclining Buddha remains legible while most of its enclosing monastery has disappeared....
Wat Luang
Pakse, Champasak, Laos
On the banks of the Se Don in Pakse, Wat Luang is among the oldest and largest temples in the city....
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What are Buddhism sacred sites?
Buddhism sacred sites are places connected by shared lineage, practice, memory, ritual use, or pilgrimage tradition.
Where can I find Buddhism sacred sites?
The strongest country clusters in this guide include Japan, Thailand, South Korea, China, Vietnam, Bhutan.
What kinds of places are included?
The guide includes sacred landscapes, pilgrimage places, and ritual or historical sites where available.
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