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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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Wat Mahathat, Ayutthaya
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
Wat Mahathat was Ayutthaya's central royal monastery, built around a principal prang that Fine Arts records say enshrined Buddha relics....
Wat Mahathat, Sukhothai
Mueang Kao, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Mahathat occupied the ritual centre of Sukhothai. Its lotus-bud principal chedi, encircling disciple reliefs, image halls, inscriptions, and roughly two hundred...
Wat Mangkon Kamalawat
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Mangkon Kamalawat, widely called Leng Noei Yi, is Bangkok's principal Chinese Buddhist monastery....
Wat Manorom
Luang Prabang, Luang Prabang, Laos
Wat Manorom holds quiet significance among Luang Prabang's many temples. Founded in the 14th century during the golden age of the Lan Xang Kingdom, this active monastery...
Wat Muang Kang
Mouang Kang, Champasak, Laos
On the Mekong a short ride from Champasak town, Wat Muang Kang is the region's oldest active temple....
Wat Muang, Ang Thong
Wiset Chai Chan, Ang Thong, Thailand
Wat Muang is a revived Ang Thong monastery dominated by the ninety-five-metre Luang Pho Yai Buddha....
Wat Na Phra Men
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
Wat Na Phra Men is an active monastery north of Ayutthaya's former royal palace....
Wat Nang Phaya, Si Satchanalai
Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Nang Phaya is a protected Buddhist ruin inside Si Satchanalai Historical Park....
Wat Ounalom, Phnom Penh
Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Wat Ounalom is the most important Buddhist monastery in Cambodia, headquarters of the Mahanikaya Order and residence of the Supreme Patriarch....
Wat Pa Lelai Worawihan
Suphan Buri, Suphan Buri, Thailand
Wat Pa Lelai Worawihan is a living Suphan Buri monastery centered on Luang Pho To, a monumental Buddha image in the Pa Lelai posture....
Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaeo
Khun Han, Si Sa Ket, Thailand
Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaeo, popularly called Wat Lan Khuat or the Million Bottle Temple, is a living Si Sa Ket monastery whose buildings incorporate large quantities of...
Wat Pa Phu Kon
Na Yung, Udon Thani, Thailand
According to the temple and government tourism directory, Wat Pa Phu Kon is a living forest monastery in Na Yung, not merely the hall containing its famous white-marble...
Wat Pha Lat
Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Wat Pha Lat is a living forest monastery on Doi Suthep's slope above Chiang Mai....
Wat Pha Nam Thip Thep Prasit Wanaram
Nong Phok, Roi Et, Thailand
Wat Pha Nam Thip Thep Prasit Wanaram is a Roi Et Buddhist monastery known for Phra Maha Chedi Chai Mongkhon, a large modern chedi set high in the province's forested...
Wat Phanan Choeng
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
Wat Phanan Choeng predates Ayutthaya's formal founding and remains an intensely active monastery....
Wat Pho
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Pho is a royal Bangkok monastery where the immense Reclining Buddha, teaching inscriptions, massage tradition, chedis, and active worship belong to one precinct....
Wat Phousalao
Pakse, Champasak, Laos
On a hill across the Mekong from Pakse, Wat Phousalao crowns its summit with a large seated golden Buddha that gazes over the city and river....
Wat Phra Borommathat Chaiya
Chaiya, Surat Thani, Thailand
Wat Phra Borommathat Chaiya is an active royal monastery centered on a major southern Thai relic monument....
Wat Phra Kaeo Don Tao Suchadaram
Lampang, Lampang, Thailand
Wat Phra Kaeo Don Tao Suchadaram is Lampang's principal monastery and a major station in the remembered journey of the Emerald Buddha....
Wat Phra Kaeo, Kamphaeng Phet
Kamphaeng Phet, Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand
Wat Phra Kaeo was the principal temple within Kamphaeng Phet's walled city. Its long east-west sequence contains halls, stupas, an elephant-supported chedi, and three...
Wat Phra Kaew, Chiang Rai
Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Wat Phra Kaew in Chiang Rai is remembered as the place where the Emerald Buddha was discovered after a chedi was damaged....
Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan
Nakhon Si Thammarat, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan is Nakhon Si Thammarat's great relic monastery and, as of 2026, UNESCO World Heritage property 1761....
Wat Phra Phutthabat
Phra Phutthabat, Saraburi, Thailand
Wat Phra Phutthabat is Saraburi's principal Buddhist pilgrimage temple, centered on a footprint venerated as the Buddha's....
Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat Chaliang
Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat Chaliang combines an archaeological monument with a living first-class royal monastery....
Wat Phra Si Sanphet
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
The three chedis of Wat Phra Si Sanphet identify the former ceremonial heart of Ayutthaya's royal palace....
Wat Phra Singh
Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Wat Phra Singh is a living Lanna monastery whose identity turns on Phra Buddha Sihing, the image that gave the temple its present name....
Wat Phra That Chae Haeng
Phu Phiang, Nan, Thailand
Wat Phra That Chae Haeng is Nan's principal Lanna relic shrine. Its golden chedi is associated with Buddha relics brought from Sukhothai, the Chu That birth-year tradition...
Wat Phra That Cho Hae
Phrae, Phrae, Thailand
Wat Phra That Cho Hae is Phrae's principal living relic sanctuary. Tourism Authority sources describe its gilded chedi as traditionally holding a relic from the Buddha's...
Wat Phra That Chom Chaeng
Phrae, Phrae, Thailand
Wat Phra That Chom Chaeng is a living Phrae monastery organized around a twenty-nine-metre golden chedi....
Wat Phra That Doi Kham
Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Wat Phra That Doi Kham is a hilltop Buddhist temple whose central meaning comes from a Buddha hair-relic tradition, an old chedi, Luang Pho Than Chai devotion, and stories...
Wat Phra That Doi Leng
Phrae, Phrae, Thailand
Wat Phra That Doi Leng occupies a hill above Phrae and is approached for Buddha images, worship, and a broad view across the province....
Wat Phra That Doi Suthep
Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Wat Phra That Doi Suthep crowns a forested mountain above Chiang Mai, where a golden chedi enshrining a Buddha relic anchors Lanna devotion....
Wat Phra That Doi Tung
Mae Sai, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Wat Phra That Doi Tung is a Lanna Buddha-relic shrine high above Chiang Rai. Official sources document a recurrent named mountain pilgrimage, relic-bathing rites, alms,...
Wat Phra That Hariphunchai
Lamphun, Lamphun, Thailand
Wat Phra That Hariphunchai centers Lamphun's religious memory on a principal stupa said to enshrine a hair of the Buddha....
Wat Phra That Lampang Luang
Ko Kha, Lampang, Thailand
Wat Phra That Lampang Luang rises within a walled hilltop enclosure outside Lampang city....
Wat Phra That Pu Chae
Rong Kwang, Phrae, Thailand
Wat Phra That Pu Chae is a Phrae-area Buddhist sanctuary distinguished in official tourism material by a golden pagoda and a large white Buddha in the posture of victory...
Wat Phra That, Kamphaeng Phet
Kamphaeng Phet, Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand
According to the Fine Arts Department's monument record and map, Wat Phra That is the distinct inner-city temple immediately east of Wat Phra Kaew in Kamphaeng Phet...
Wat Phumin
Nan, Nan, Thailand
Wat Phumin is a living Nan monastery whose cruciform hall gathers four principal Buddha images back-to-back at its center....
Wat Phutthaisawan
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
Wat Phutthaisawan stands across the river from Ayutthaya's island and is associated with the city's early royal history....
Wat Prayurawongsawat
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Prayurawongsawat, also called Wat Prayoon, is a living royal monastery beside Bangkok's Memorial Bridge....
Wat Rai Khing
Sam Phran, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Wat Rai Khing is a riverside Nakhon Pathom monastery focused on Luang Pho Wat Rai Khing, its principal Buddha image in the Mara-victory posture....
Wat Ratchabophit
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Ratchabophit's compact plan gathers richly ornamented sacred buildings around a circular chedi....
Wat Ratchaburana, Ayutthaya
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
Wat Ratchaburana is an archaeological temple in Ayutthaya's UNESCO-listed historic city....
Wat Ratchanatdaram
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Loha Prasat distinguishes Wat Ratchanatdaram from every other Bangkok monastery in this batch....
Wat Rong Khun
Mueang Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai, Thailand
Wat Rong Khun is a contemporary, privately developed art complex in the form of a Buddhist temple, created by Thai artist Chalermchai Kositpipat....
Wat Sa Si
Mueang Kao, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Sa Si is an island monastery in Sukhothai Historical Park, approached by a causeway across Traphang Trakuan....
Wat Saket
Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Saket's Golden Mount is a constructed sacred topography rather than a natural summit or an untouched ancient stupa....
Wat Saphan Hin
Mueang Kao, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Saphan Hin takes its name from the slate-paved route climbing a western hill to Phra Attharot, a monumental standing Buddha....
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Buddhism sacred-site questions
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.
Can I map Buddhism sacred sites?
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