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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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Butsumoku-ji
Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Butsumoku-ji is the forty-second temple of the Shikoku pilgrimage and one of its most distinctive: a Shingon temple where the principal image was carved from a camphor...
Buttsū-ji
Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Buttsū-ji — Omoto-san Buttsū-ji — is the head temple (daihonzan) of the Buttsū-ji branch of Rinzai Zen, founded in 1397 by Kobayakawa Haruhira and Zen master Gucchū Shūkyū...
Bửu Long Pagoda
Long Bình, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Bửu Long Pagoda is an active Theravada monastery in Thủ Đức whose stupa complex supports meditation, almsgiving, and monastic life....
Byōdō-in
Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Amida’s Pure Land reflected in the waters before Phoenix Hall. Byōdō-in remains an active Pure Land Buddhism temple....
Byodo-In Temple
Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States
Byodo-In Temple in Kaneohe, Hawaii, belongs within Buddhism. At Byodo-In Temple, sacred life continues through meditation at Byodo-In Temple, chanting at Byodo-In Temple,...
Byōdō-ji
Anan, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Byōdō-ji, Temple 22 of the Shikoku 88, takes its name from Kūkai's vow that all illness be healed equally....
Candi Jawi, Java
Prigen, East Java, Indonesia
Near Prigen in East Java rises Candi Jawi, the late-thirteenth-century memorial temple of King Kertanagara of Singhasari....
Chemrey Gompa, Ladakh
Chemre, Ladakh, India
Chemrey Gompa rises on a hill above its village about 40 km east of Leh, a Drukpa Kagyu monastery founded in 1664 and dedicated to King Sengge Namgyal....
Chén Kiểu Pagoda
Mỹ Xuyên, Cần Thơ, Vietnam
Chén Kiểu Pagoda is an active Khmer Theravada monastery in Mỹ Xuyên whose ceramic ornament and narrative paintings frame worship of Śākyamuni Buddha....
Cheri Monastery/Chagri Monastery
Boegarna_Dodennang, Thimphu, Bhutan
Perched above the Thimphu Valley at 2,850 metres, Cheri Monastery is where Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal established the first Drukpa monastic order in Bhutan in 1620....
Chiba-dera
Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Chiba-dera — also read Senyō-ji — is the 29th station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho and Chiba City's oldest temple....
Chikatsuyu-oji
Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Chikatsuyu-oji (近露王子) is an old oji beside the Hiki River where historical pilgrims performed cold-water purification on the Nakahechi section of the Kumano Kodo....
Chikurin-ji
Kōchi, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Chikurin-ji crowns Mt. Godaisan above Kōchi City — a Japanese Mañjuśrī mountain modelled on China's Mt....
Chimi Lhakhang
Oomtekha, Punakha, Bhutan
Chimi Lhakhang sits on a round hillock amid rice paddies in the Punakha Valley, reached by a twenty-minute walk through fields....
Chion-in
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Nembutsu carried through the head temple of Honen’s Jōdo school. Chion-in remains an active Jōdo Buddhism temple....
Choedrak Monastery
Gyaltsa, Bumthang, Bhutan
At 3,800 metres on one of Guru Rinpoche's four sacred meditation cliffs in Bumthang, Choedrak Monastery clings to rock face above deep forest....
Choeje Dra Monastery
Gyaltsa, Bumthang, Bhutan
Choeje Dra Monastery — also romanized as Choedrak or Choje Drak — stands against one of Guru Rinpoche's four sacred meditation cliffs in Bumthang....
Chōhō-ji (Rokkaku-dō)
Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Chōhō-ji (Rokkaku-dō) is station 18 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism, Ikenobō / ikebana lineage temple in Kyoto dedicated to Nyoirin Kannon....
Chōkoku-ji (Iiyama Kannon)
Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Iiyama Kannon — the local name for Chōkoku-ji on the slopes of Mount Hakusan in Atsugi — has drawn pilgrims for some thirteen centuries....
Chōkoku-ji (Shiraiwa Kannon)
Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
Chōkoku-ji at Shiraiwa, the Shiraiwa Kannon, is the fifteenth station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage and one of the few remaining Shugendō-affiliated temples on the...
Chōmei-ji
Ōmihachiman, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Chōmei-ji is station 31 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Shiga dedicated to Senju Kannon Jūichimen Kannon Shō Kannon....
Chōsen-in
Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Chōsen-in — Sasado-san Chōsen-in — is the 29th station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage, a Sōtō Zen temple in the Urayama River valley of Chichibu, Saitama....
Chuang Yen Monastery
Kent, New York, United States
Chuang Yen Monastery in Kent, New York, belongs within Buddhism. At Chuang Yen Monastery, sacred life continues through meditation at Chuang Yen Monastery, chanting at...
Chuson-ji
Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Chuson-ji, stands in Hiraizumi. At Chuson-ji, Tendai Buddhism guides custody. Prayer at Chuson-ji addresses Shaka Nyorai, Amida Nyorai, and the Lotus Sutra....
Chūzen-ji
Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
Chūzen-ji, station 18 of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho, sits on the eastern shore of Lake Chūzenji at 1,269 meters, beneath sacred Mount Nantai....
City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
Ukiah, California, United States
City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Ukiah, California, belongs within Buddhism. At City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, sacred life continues through meditation at City of Ten...
Daeheungsa Temple
Haenam, Jeollanam-do, South Korea
Daeheungsa spreads across a broad basin on Duryunsan rather than gathering into one tight axis....
Daien-ji
Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Daien-ji — Ryūga-zan Daien-ji — is the 27th station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage, a Sōtō Zen temple in the Kagemori valley of Chichibu, Saitama....
Daihō-ji
Kumakōgen, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Daihō-ji is the forty-fourth temple of the Shikoku pilgrimage and its symbolic midpoint, the Nakafudasho....
Daihonzan Eiheiji (Eihei Temple)
Eiheiji Town, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Hidden in the cedar forests of Fukui Prefecture, Eiheiji stands as one of the two head temples of Soto Zen Buddhism....
Daihōon-ji
Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Daihōon-ji, known popularly as Senbon Shakadō, holds Kyoto's oldest surviving wooden building inside the city limits — a 1227 National Treasure main hall that survived the...
Daiji-ji
Yokoze, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Daiji-ji, the tenth station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage, is a Sōtō Zen temple founded in 1490 in the Yokoze hills....
Daikaku-ji
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Heart Sutra, flower practice, and imperial memory beside Osawa Pond. Daikaku-ji remains an active Shingon Buddhism, Daikaku-ji school temple....
Daikō-ji
Mitoyo, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Daikō-ji, also known as Komatsuoji, sits in farmland on a low hill in Mitoyo, Kagawa....
Daimon Gate
Koyasan, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Daimon Gate (大門) is the monumental western gate of Koyasan and a dramatic arrival threshold from Choishi-michi.
Dainichi-ji
Tokushima, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Dainichi-ji stands directly across the road from Awa Ichinomiya Shrine, the highest-ranked Shintō shrine of Awa Province....
Dainichi-ji
Kōnan, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Dainichi-ji enshrines Dainichi Nyorai, the cosmic Buddha at the centre of Shingon doctrine, in a wooded precinct in rural Kōnan....
Dainichi-ji
Itano, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Dainichi-ji is Temple 4 of the Shikoku 88, in Itano, Tokushima. It enshrines Dainichi Nyorai, the cosmic Buddha at the center of Shingon esotericism....
Daisen-ji
Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Daisen-ji, the 29th station of the Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, sits high on Mt. Daisen — at 1,729 meters the highest peak in the Chūgoku region....
Daitoku-ji
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
A living Zen township of subtemples, gardens, and tea memory. Daitoku-ji remains an active Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Daitoku-ji school temple....
Daiun-in
Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan
Daiun-in in Tottori, the 33rd and final station of the Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, is the route's manzanji — the place where pilgrim journeys complete....
Danjo Garan
Koyasan, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Danjo Garan (壇上伽藍) is Koyasan's central monastic complex, associated with Kobo Daishi's establishment of the mountaintop center.
Daxian Temple, Baihe
Baihe, Tainan City, Tainan, Taiwan
Daxian Temple traces its founding to a Guanyin statue the monk Canche could not lift once he set it down at the foot of Pillow Mountain in 1701 — a monastery that has...
Denzuin
Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan
Denzuin (傳通院) is an active Japanese Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...
Dewa Shrine and Mt. Haguro
Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan
Mount Haguro rises in Yamagata as the gateway to the Three Mountains of Dewa - Japan's most powerful journey of spiritual death and rebirth....
Dơi Pagoda
Phú Lợi, Cần Thơ, Vietnam
Dơi Pagoda is a Khmer Theravada monastery in Sóc Trăng where worship, community memory, and a protected fruit-bat colony share one precinct....
Dōji-dō
Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Dōji-dō is the twenty-second station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage — literally 'Children's Hall,' a Shingon Buzan-ha temple where Kannon has been invoked for...
Dōjō-ji
Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Dōjō-ji is the oldest documented temple in Wakayama Prefecture, founded in 701 CE by the monk Gien at Emperor Monmu's command....
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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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