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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.
737 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.
Use this page to compare country clusters, common place types, UNESCO-tagged landmarks, and the map distribution before exploring individual site pages.
| Coverage | 737 Buddhism sacred places in the current atlas. |
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| UNESCO heritage | 75 UNESCO-tagged Buddhism sites appear in this browse view. |
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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....
Dambadarjaa Monastery
Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
The entry covers Dambadarjaa Monastery in Ulaanbaatar and not the wider district that shares its name.
Dambakola Patuna Sangamitta Vihara
Sambilturai, Sambilturai, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Dambakola Patuna Sangamitta Vihara is a documented temple in Sambilturai, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, connected with Buddhism....
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.
Dashchoilin Monastery
Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
This entry concerns the functioning Zuun Khuree Dashchoilin monastery compound, not historical Khüree institutions in general.
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...
Deeghavapi Raja Maha Vihara
Deeghavapi, Deeghavapi, Ampara District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Deeghavapi Raja Maha Vihara is a documented temple in Deeghavapi, Ampara District, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, connected with Buddhism....
Delüün Boldog
Dadal, Khentii, Mongolia
At Dadal, Delüün Boldog marks a sacred site documented in relation to Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia....
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....
Dōgo Onsen
Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
Dōgo’s bathhouse is a public institution with a sacred narrative beside it.
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....
Donghaksa Temple
Gongju, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
Donghaksa’s spring approach can be crowded beneath a three-kilometre tunnel of cherry blossom, but the monastery’s deeper distinction is not seasonal....
Dōryū-ji
Tadotsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Temple 77 Dōryū-ji in Tadotsu is known on the Shikoku route as the Eye-Healing Yakushi (me-naoshi Yakushi)....
Drak Yerpa
Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Drak Yerpa is a limestone cliff amphitheater northeast of Lhasa containing 108 meditation caves sanctified by twelve centuries of contemplative practice....
Drukyal Dzong
Nyechhu_Shar-ri, Paro, Bhutan
Drukgyel Dzong stands at the head of the Paro Valley, built in 1649 to commemorate the Drukpa victory over a Tibetan-Mongol invasion....
Eifuku-ji
Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Eifuku-ji sits in a quiet bamboo and cedar grove on a low hill above Imabari, the 57th stop on the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage....
Eifuku-ji
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Eifuku-ji at Taishi-chō, Osaka, guards the tomb of Prince Shōtoku — Japan's foundational royal patron of Buddhism — alongside his mother and consort in a single circular...
Eikan-dō (Zenrin-ji)
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Amida turns back for those who have fallen behind. Eikan-dō (Zenrin-ji) remains an active Jōdo Buddhism, Seizan Zenrin-ji school temple....
Ekōin Temple
Sumida City, Tokyo, Japan
Ekōin Temple (回向院) is an active Jōdo-shū Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...
En'yū-ji
Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
En'yū-ji is the twenty-sixth station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage — a Rinzai Zen temple of the Kenchō-ji branch with an unusual feature: the Iwai-dō, a stage-built...
Engaku-ji
Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Engaku-ji, stands in Kamakura. At Engaku-ji, Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Engaku-ji school guides custody....
Engyō-ji
Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Engyo-ji is station 27 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Hyogo dedicated to Nyoirin Kannon....
Enkō-ji (Myō-ō-in)
Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Enkō-ji, also known as Myō-ō-in, sits on Atago-yama above the Kusado Sengen archaeological site in Fukuyama, Hiroshima....
Enkōji
Sukumo, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Enkō-ji is the thirty-ninth and final temple of the Tosa (Kōchi) section of the Shikoku 88, set in Sukumo....
Enmei-ji
Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Temple 54 of the Shikoku henro is the first of six temples clustered around Imabari....
Enmyō-ji
Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Temple 53 of the Shikoku henro is small, layered, and unusually plural. Its Shingon Hondō houses an Amida Nyorai principal image — uncommon for the school....
Enpuku-ji
Chōshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Enpuku-ji is the 27th Bandō station and the easternmost stop of the eastern Kannon circuit....
Enryaku-ji temple and Mt. Hiei
Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Enryaku-ji stands as the root of Japanese Buddhism, the mountain monastery that trained the founders of virtually every major Buddhist school in Japan....
Entsū-ji
Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Entsū-ji crowns a small mountain in Tamashima, Kurashiki, and serves as Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage station #7....
Erdene Khamba Monastery
Rashaant, Bulgan, Mongolia
Erdene Khamba Monastery, also recorded as Erdene Khambyn Khüree, is a monastery in Rashaant, Bulgan....
Erdene Zuu Monastery
Kharkhorin, Övörkhangai, Mongolia
Rising from the ruins of Genghis Khan's capital on the endless Mongolian steppe, Erdene Zuu Monastery marks the place where an empire of conquest transformed into a...
Fanjingshan mountain and temple, Tongren
Tongren, Guizhou, China
Rising from the primordial forests of Guizhou, Fanjingshan is China's Fifth Sacred Buddhist Mountain and the earthly throne of Maitreya, the Buddha yet to come....
Former Togawa Oshi House
Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
Former Togawa Oshi House (旧外川家住宅) is a preserved oshi pilgrim-lodging house in Fujiyoshida associated with receiving, guiding, and ritually preparing Fuji-ko pilgrims.
Fujii-dera
Fujiidera, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Fujii-dera is station 5 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon-shū Omuro-ha temple in Osaka dedicated to Senju Kannon. Founded in the early 8th century....
Fujii-dera
Yoshinogawa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Fujii-dera sits at the foot of a steep mountain ridge in Yoshinogawa, the threshold temple before the most demanding stretch of the Shikoku 88....
Fukagawa Fudō-dō
Koto City, Tokyo, Japan
Fukagawa Fudō-dō (深川不動堂 (成田山東京別院)) is an active Shingon Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo....
Gadaladeniya Vihara
Pilimathalawa, Pilimathalawa, Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka
Gadaladeniya Vihara is a documented temple in Pilimathalawa, Kandy District, Central Province, Sri Lanka, connected with Buddhism....
Gakuen-ji (Ichijō-in)
Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
Gakuen-ji (Ichijō-in), the 25th station of the Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, occupies a steep forested ridge north of Izumo Taisha....
Gakwonsa Temple
Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea
Gakwonsa is a modern Buddhist temple on Taejosan, best known for a vast seated bronze Amitabha Buddha. The image is not simply a large tourist object....
Gandantegchinlen Monastery
Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Gandantegchinlen Monastery is part of the sacred and cultural geography of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia....
Ganden Monastery
Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China
Ganden Monastery, founded by Tsongkhapa in 1409 on a mountain ridge east of Lhasa, is the mother monastery of the Gelug school — the largest institution in Tibetan...
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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, Bhutan, Vietnam.
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The guide includes sacred landscapes, pilgrimage places, and ritual or historical sites where available.
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