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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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Kegon-ji
Ibigawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan
Kegon-ji is station 33 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Gifu dedicated to Jūichimen Kannon....
Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara
Kelaniya, Gampaha, Sri Lanka
On the banks of the Kelani River, Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara marks what tradition holds as the Buddha's third and final visit to Sri Lanka, when he settled a dispute...
Kencho-ji
Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Kencho-ji, stands in Kamakura. At Kencho-ji, Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Kenchō-ji school guides custody....
Kennin-ji
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Zen discipline and tea memory in the streets behind Gion. Kennin-ji remains an active Rinzai Zen Buddhism, Kennin-ji school temple....
Kh'leang Pagoda
Sóc Trăng, Cần Thơ, Vietnam
Kh'leang Pagoda is a historic Khmer Theravada monastery in Sóc Trăng where worship of Śākyamuni Buddha is joined to monastic education, manuscript culture, and annual...
Khao Chakan Cave Temple
Khao Chakan, Sa Kaeo, Thailand
Khao Chakan Cave Temple occupies a limestone mountain in Sa Kaeo. ONEP identifies the complex as a Mahayana Buddhist temple within a mountain said to contain seventy-two...
Khao Klang Nok
Si Thep, Phetchabun, Thailand
Khao Klang Nok is UNESCO property 1662's second component and the largest surviving Dvaravati monument....
Khao Ok Thalu
Phatthalung, Phatthalung, Thailand
Khao Ok Thalu is the pierced limestone mountain emblem of Phatthalung, approximately 250 metres high according to Thailand's tourism directory....
Ki-mii-dera
Sa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Ki-mii-dera is station 2 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Kuze Kannon-shū temple in Wakayama dedicated to Jūichimen Kannon....
Kichijō-ji
Saijō, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Kichijō-ji is the 63rd fudasho on the Shikoku 88 and the only temple on the route whose principal image is Bishamonten—Buddhist guardian-king of the north and one of the...
Kikusui-ji
Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Kikusui-ji — Enmei-zan Kikusui-ji — is the 33rd station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage, a Sōtō Zen temple in the Yoshida district of Chichibu....
Kinshō-ji
Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Kinshō-ji is the fourth station of the Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage in Saitama, Japan....
Kiri Vehera
Kataragama, Monaragala, Sri Lanka
Kiri Vehera is a modest, actively worshipped Buddhist stupa roughly 800 meters from the well-known multi-faith Kataragama shrine complex — a separate site entirely, with...
Kirihata-ji
Awa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Kirihata-ji rises 155 metres above the Yoshino plain on the slope of Mt. Kirihata....
Kiyama-ji (Kanji-in)
Maniwa, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Kiyama-ji crowns Mt. Kiyama (430 m) in Maniwa, north of Tsuyama. Founded by Kūkai in 815 CE according to temple tradition, it is a Kōyasan Shingon-shū bekkaku honzan and...
Kiyomizu Kannon-dō Temple
Taito City, Tokyo, Japan
Kiyomizu Kannon-dō Temple (清水観音堂) is an active Tendai Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo....
Kiyomizu-dera
Katō, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Banshu Kiyomizu-dera is station 25 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism temple in Hyogo dedicated to Senju Kannon....
Kiyomizu-dera
Isumi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Otowasan Kiyomizu-dera in Isumi, Chiba, is the 32nd station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho — a Tendai temple set on Otowa-yama in the forested hills of southern Bōsō....
Kiyomizu-dera (Osaka)
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Distinct from the famous Kyoto Kiyomizu-dera (and from the temples of the same name in Hyōgo, Chiba, and Shimane), Osaka's Kiyomizu-dera was revived in 1640 by the priest...
Kiyomizu-dera (Yasugi)
Yasugi, Shimane Prefecture, Japan
Kiyomizu-dera in Yasugi, Shimane, is the 28th station of the Chūgoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage and the foremost Tendai esoteric (taimitsu) training hall in the San'in region....
Kiyomizu-dera Temple
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
On the forested slopes of Mount Otowa in eastern Kyoto, a vast wooden stage juts out over the valley—built without a single nail, supported by pillars of...
Kiyotaki-ji
Tosa, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Kiyotaki-ji is the thirty-fifth stop on the Shikoku 88, set on a hillside in Tosa City above terraced citrus groves at 137 meters....
Kiyotaki-ji
Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Kiyotaki-ji is the 26th Bandō station, a quiet Shingon-Buzan temple on the lower slopes of Mt. Ryūgamine in rural Tsuchiura....
Kofuku-ji
Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Kofuku-ji, stands in Nara. At Kofuku-ji, Hossō Buddhism guides custody. Prayer at Kofuku-ji addresses Shaka Nyorai, Yakushi Nyorai, Kannon, and the Hossō....
Kōgan-ji (Togenuki Jizō)
Toshima City, Tokyo, Japan
Kōgan-ji (Togenuki Jizō) (とげぬき地蔵尊 高岩寺(曹洞宗 萬頂山)) is an active Soto Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo....
Kōjō-ji
Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Kōjō-ji — Chōon-zan Kōjō-ji — sits atop Mt. Chōon ('Tide-Sound Mountain') above Setoda Bay on Ikuchijima....
Kokawa-dera
Kinokawa, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Kokawa-dera is station 3 on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, a Tendai Buddhism — Tendai-Kokawa-ha, Katsuragi Shugendō tradition temple in Wakayama dedicated to Senju Kannon....
Komyo-ji
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Gobusan Kōmyō-ji crowns Mt. Gobusan in Katō, Hyōgo — a Kōyasan Shingon temple traced to 594 CE and holding an Eleven-Faced Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Kannon as honzon....
Kōmyō-ji
Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Kōmyō-ji at Mount Kaname — known to villagers and mothers as Kaname Kannon — preserves a Sacred Kannon said to have been found in the sea by an ama diver in 702 CE....
Konchogsum Lhakhang, Bumthang
Pedtsheling_Tamzhing, Bumthang, Bhutan
Konchogsum Lhakhang — the Temple of the Three Jewels — was built in the eighth century on Guru Rinpoche's instructions by Tibetan King Trisong Detsen....
Kongo-ji
Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Founded by Gyōki on Mount Amano in the Tenpyō era and revived in the late Heian period by the monk Akan, Amano-san Kongō-ji became known as Nyonin Kōya — Women's Kōyasan —...
Kongobu-ji Temple (Mt. Koya)
Koya, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
High in the mountains of Wakayama, Kongobu-ji serves as headquarters of Shingon Buddhism, the esoteric tradition Kobo Daishi brought from China in 806 CE....
Kongōchō-ji
Muroto, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Kongōchō-ji crowns a wooded promontory on the western side of Cape Muroto, the second of the Muroto Sanzan triad....
Kongōfuku-ji
Tosashimizu, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Kongōfuku-ji is the thirty-eighth stop on the Shikoku 88, set at the tip of Cape Ashizuri — the southernmost point of Shikoku....
Kongofukuji Temple, Tosashimizu
Tosashimizu, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
At the southernmost tip of Shikoku, where land yields to endless ocean, stands the temple Kobo Daishi founded after sensing the presence of Fudaraku—Kannon's Pure...
Kongojo-ji
Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
Nagusayama Kongōjō-ji in Fukusaki, Hyōgo, traces its founding to 597 CE under the Korean monk Ekan during Empress Suiko's reign....
Kōnomine-ji
Yasuda, Kochi Prefecture, Japan
Kōnomine-ji rests at 450 metres on Mt. Konomine, often described as the most physically demanding station on the Tosa stretch....
Konsen-ji
Itano, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Konsen-ji is Temple 3 of the Shikoku 88, in Itano, Tokushima. Pilgrims peer into a well dug by Kūkai whose water is said to look gold; a clear reflection is read as a sign...
Konzō-ji
Zentsūji, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Temple 76 Konzō-ji is the birthplace of Chishō Daishi Enchin (814–891), founder of the Tendai Jimon school and fifth abbot of Enryaku-ji on Mt Hiei....
Kōon-ji
Saijō, Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Kōon-ji is the 61st fudasho on the Shikoku 88 and the head temple of the Shingon-shū Goki-ha sub-school....
Kōryū-ji
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Miroku’s poised stillness within one of Kyoto’s earliest temples. Kōryū-ji remains an active Shingon Buddhism temple....
Kōyama-ji
Zentsūji, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Temple 74 Kōyama-ji stands at the foot of Mt Kōyama in Zentsūji City, where Kūkai is said to have prayed for the success of the Mannoike reservoir repair in 821 — a...
Koyasan Tokyo Betsuin
港区 Minato City, Tokyo, Japan
Koyasan Tokyo Betsuin (高野山 東京別院) is an active Shingon Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo....
Kōzan-ji
Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Kōzan-ji — Kinzan Kōzan-ji — in Chōfu, Shimonoseki, holds Japan's oldest dated Zenshūyō ('Zen-style') Buddhist hall: a 1320 Butsuden, designated a National Treasure....
Kōzan-ji (Kyoto)
Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Myoe’s mountain discipline above the cedar paths of Toganoo. Kōzan-ji (Kyoto) remains an active Shingon Buddhism temple....
Kōzō-ji
Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Kōzō-ji — known as Takakura Kannon — is the 30th station of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho, set in the wooded inland hills of Kisarazu, Chiba....
Kuhonbutsu Joshin-ji Temple
Setagaya City, Tokyo, Japan
Kuhonbutsu Joshin-ji Temple (九品山 唯在念佛院 淨眞寺（浄真寺）) is an active Japanese Buddhism sacred place in Tokyo....
Kumadani-ji
Awa, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Kumadani-ji is Temple 8 of the Shikoku 88, in Awa, Tokushima. The 1687 Niōmon is one of the largest gates on the entire 88-temple route, designated a Tokushima Cultural...
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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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