Tradition guide
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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Showing 145-192 of 737 sites in this tradition guide
Ganden-ji
Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Ganden-ji — locally known as Iwadono Kannon — is the second station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho, set on a hilltop above Zushi....
Gango-ji
Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Gango-ji, stands in Nara. At Gango-ji, Shingon Ritsu Buddhism guides custody. Prayer at Gango-ji addresses Chikō Mandala Amida imagery, Kannon, and Jizō....
Gangteng Monastery
Gangteng, Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan
Gangteng Monastery commands a spur above the Phobjikha Valley at 3,000 metres, fulfilling a prophecy made by the treasure revealer Pema Lingpa....
Gankei-ji
Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Gankei-ji is station bangai-gankei-ji on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Kyoto dedicated to Kannon....
Gasa Tshachu
Gasa, Gasa, Bhutan
Beside the Mo Chhu, Gasa Tshachu brings together thermal bathing and Bhutanese religious tradition.
Gatbawi Buddha
Daegu, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
Gatbawi is the stone seated Buddha on Gwanbong, a Palgongsan summit associated with Seonbonsa....
Gaya-in
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Gaya-in, formally Ōtanizan Daikei-ji Gaya-in, is one of Hyōgo's most important Honzan Shugendō temples — a Tendai-affiliated branch of mountain ascetic Buddhism....
Geser Temple
Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Within Ulaanbaatar, Geser Temple is recorded as a temple connected to Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia....
Geumsansa Temple
Gimje, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
Geumsansa’s Mireukjeon is read upward. Its three exterior stories enclose one soaring interior centered on a standing Maitreya image....
Giác Lâm Pagoda
Tân Bình, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Giác Lâm is a historic southern Vietnamese Buddhist pagoda in the Lâm Tế lineage....
Girimsa Temple
Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
Girimsa opens into two different centers. Daejeokgwangjeon houses Vairocana, the Buddha associated with all-pervading illumination, while another court gathers a mature...
Goa Gajah
Bali, Indonesia
At Bedulu in Gianyar, Goa Gajah brings together a carved cave entrance, Hindu sacred objects and archaeological remains associated with Hindu and Buddhist traditions....
Godavari Kunda, Nepal
Godawari, Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal
At the foot of Phulchoki in Nepal, Godavari Kunda channels spring water through carved spouts.
Gōdo-ji
Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Gōdo-ji, eighteenth station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage, is a Sōtō Zen temple whose name 'Divine Gate' (神門) commemorates a stand of sakaki trees that once formed...
Gohyaku Rakanji Temple
Meguro City, Tokyo, Japan
Gohyaku Rakanji Temple (天恩山 五百羅漢寺) is an active Japanese Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo....
Goka-dō
Yokoze, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Goka-dō is the fifth station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage in Yokoze, Saitama....
Gokokuji
Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan
Gokokuji (護国寺) is an active Shingon Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...
Gokuraku-ji
Naruto, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Gokuraku-ji is Temple 2 of the Shikoku 88, sitting 1.4 km southwest of Temple 1 in Naruto....
Golgulsa Temple
Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
Golgulsa is a living Jogye Buddhist temple built around a tuff cliff pierced by small cave halls....
Gōshō-ji
Utazu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Temple 78 Gōshō-ji rises above the old port of Utazu on a hill overlooking the Seto Inland Sea....
Gōtoku-ji
Setagaya City, Tokyo, Japan
Gōtoku-ji (大谿山 豪徳寺) is an active Sōtō Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or reference...
Great Stupa of Dharmakaya
Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, United States
Great Stupa of Dharmakaya in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, belongs within Buddhism....
Guinsa Temple
Danyang-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea
Guinsa does not present the weathered scale many visitors expect from a Korean mountain temple....
Gulsansa Temple Site, Gangneung
Gangneung, Gangneung, Gangwon-do, South Korea
Gulsansa Temple Site, Gangneung is a protected archaeological temple site within a living agricultural landscape in Gangneung, South Korea....
Gumyō-ji
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Gumyō-ji, the Gumyōji Kannon, is the fourteenth station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage and Yokohama's oldest temple....
Gwaneumsa Temple
Cheju, Jeju-do, South Korea
Gwaneumsa is the principal temple of the Jogye Order’s twenty-third district on Jeju, set on Hallasan’s northern side rather than in the island’s urban core....
Gyeongju Historic Area
Gyeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea
For nearly a millennium, Gyeongju served as the capital of the Silla kingdom and the center of Korean Buddhism's golden age....
Gyōgan-ji (Kōdō)
Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Gyōgan-ji (Kōdō) is station 19 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism, Miyako Shichifukujin temple in Kyoto dedicated to Senju Kannon....
Haedong Yonggung-sa
Busan, Busan, South Korea
Haedong Yonggungsa occupies the rocky coast of Gijang, northeast of central Busan.
Haiyin Temple, Kinmen
Jinhu, Kinmen County, Kinmen County, Taiwan
Haiyin Temple sits near the summit of Mount Taiwu, Kinmen's highest point, where a Song-dynasty folk shrine gradually became one of the island's most significant Buddhist...
Halesi–Maratika Caves
Khotang, Nepal
Halesi–Maratika is a cave pilgrimage place in eastern Nepal with distinct Hindu and Tibetan Buddhist meanings....
Hang Pagoda, Núi Sam
Châu Đốc, An Giang, Vietnam
Hang Pagoda, also known as Phước Điền Tự, is a Mahayana Buddhist sanctuary on Núi Sam....
Hang Pagoda, Trà Vinh
Châu Thành, Vĩnh Long, Vietnam
Hang Pagoda in Trà Vinh is a Khmer Theravada monastery, distinct from the pagoda of the same English name at Núi Sam....
Hanta-ji
Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Temple 50 of the Shikoku henro stands on a wooded hillside above southern Matsuyama, its Yakushi Nyorai principal image attributed by tradition to the wandering monk Gyōki....
Hase-dera
Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Hase-dera is station 8 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon-shū Buzan-ha temple in Nara dedicated to Jūichimen Kannon....
Hase-dera
Sakurai, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Hase-dera in Kamakura is the fourth station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho — a hillside temple above Yuigahama beach famous for its Eleven-Headed Kannon, a 9.18-metre gilded...
Hashidate-dō
Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Hashidate-dō — Sekiryū-zan Hashidate-dō — is the 28th station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage, a Sōtō Zen temple set beneath an eighty-metre limestone cliff in the...
Henshō-ji (Hōkai-in)
Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Henshō-ji, also known as Hōkai-in, sits at the base of wooded Kongōsan in northern Okayama City....
Higashi Hongan-ji
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Immense timber halls built for shared listening and nembutsu. Higashi Hongan-ji remains an active Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism, Ōtani-ha temple....
Higashi Hongan-ji
Taito City, Tokyo, Japan
Higashi Hongan-ji (東本願寺) is an active Jodo Shinshu Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo....
Hoằng Phúc Pagoda
Tân Mỹ, Quảng Trị, Vietnam
Hoằng Phúc Pagoda is a restored Mahayana Buddhist sanctuary in Lệ Thủy whose long institutional memory includes repeated destruction and renewal....
Hōchō-ji
Yokoze, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Hōchō-ji is the seventh station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage in Yokoze, Saitama....
Hōgon-ji
Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture, Japan
Hogon-ji is station 30 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon-shū Buzan-ha, Benzaiten devotion temple in Shiga dedicated to Senju Kannon....
Hōju-ji
Saijō, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Hōju-ji is the 62nd fudasho on the Shikoku 88, an 8th-century imperial foundation that has been moved at least four times—by flood, war, Meiji separation, and the...
Hōki-in
Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Hōki-in is station bangai-hoki-in on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Shingon Buddhism, Buzan branch temple in Nara dedicated to Kannon....
Hokki-ji
Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Hokki-ji, stands in Ikaruga. At Hokki-ji, Shōtoku-shū Buddhism guides custody. Prayer at Hokki-ji addresses the Buddhist teaching transmitted through Prince Shōtoku's...
Honsenji Temple
Shinagawa City, Tokyo, Japan
Honsenji Temple (品川寺) is an active Shingon Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo. The record is grounded in an exact Google Place ID, nearby coordinates, institutional or...
Hōrin-ji
Awa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Hōrin-ji is the only temple among the Shikoku 88 whose principal image is a Parinirvana Shaka Nyorai—Shakyamuni at the threshold of nirvana, lying on his side....
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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.
What kinds of places are included?
The guide includes sacred landscapes, pilgrimage places, and ritual or historical sites where available.
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