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Theravada Buddhism
Theravada Buddhism sites connect places through shared lineage, practice, story, and pilgrimage across the global atlas.
46 sacred places share this lineage. Use the country and site-type filters to narrow in.
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Theravada Buddhism sacred sites connect places through shared lineage, ritual use, memory, and pilgrimage practice across the Pilgrim Map atlas.
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Âng Pagoda
Nguyệt Hóa, Trà Vinh, Trà Vinh, Vietnam
Âng Pagoda is one of Trà Vinh's principal Khmer Theravada monasteries, joined physically and culturally to Ao Bà Om....
Big Buddha of Phuket
Karon, Karon, Phuket, Thailand
Phuket's forty-five-metre white-marble Buddha, formally Phra Phuttha Ming Mongkol Akenakiri, is a modern island landmark and place of worship....
Bửu Long Pagoda
Long Bình, Thủ Đức, 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....
Chén Kiểu Pagoda
Mỹ Xuyên, Mỹ Xuyên, Sóc Trăng, Vietnam
Chén Kiểu Pagoda is an active Khmer Theravada monastery in Mỹ Xuyên whose ceramic ornament and narrative paintings frame worship of Śākyamuni Buddha....
Dơi Pagoda
Phú Lợi, Sóc Trăng, Sóc Trăng, Vietnam
Dơi Pagoda is a Khmer Theravada monastery in Sóc Trăng where worship, community memory, and a protected fruit-bat colony share one precinct....
Hang Pagoda, Trà Vinh
Châu Thành, Châu Thành, Trà Vinh, Vietnam
Hang Pagoda in Trà Vinh is a Khmer Theravada monastery, distinct from the pagoda of the same English name at Núi Sam....
Kh'leang Pagoda
Sóc Trăng, Sóc Trăng, Sóc Trăng, 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...
Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon
Khon Kaen, Khon Kaen, Khon Kaen, Thailand
Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon is the nine-storey stupa of Wat Nong Waeng in Khon Kaen....
Phra Pathom Chedi
Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Pathom, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Phra Pathom Chedi is the enormous central stupa of Wat Phra Pathom Chedi Ratchaworamahawihan....
Temple of the Emerald Buddha
Bangkok, Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
The Temple of the Emerald Buddha is the royal chapel of Bangkok's Grand Palace and the home of Phra Kaeo Morakot, Thailand's palladium. Rama I installed the image in 1782....
Wat Chalong
Chalong, Chalong, Phuket, Thailand
Wat Chalong, formally Wat Chai Tharam, is Phuket's major living monastery and a center of devotion to the Buddha and revered monks Luang Pho Chaem and Luang Pho Chuang....
Wat Chamthewi
Lamphun, Lamphun, Lamphun, Thailand
Wat Chamthewi, also called Wat Kukut, is a living Lamphun monastery best known for the stepped Mahapol Chedi with rows of standing Buddhas....
Wat Chang Hai
Khok Pho, Khok Pho, Pattani, Thailand
Wat Chang Hai in Pattani is a living Buddhist monastery and major centre of devotion to Luang Pu Thuat....
Wat Chang Lom, Si Satchanalai
Si Satchanalai, Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Chang Lom stands near the centre of Si Satchanalai, where thirty-nine full-bodied stucco elephants encircle a Sri Lankan-form principal chedi....
Wat Chang Rop
Kamphaeng Phet, Kamphaeng Phet, Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand
Wat Chang Rop crowns a laterite hill in Kamphaeng Phet's aranyik forest-monastery zone....
Wat Chedi Chet Thaeo
Si Satchanalai, Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Chedi Chet Thaeo is a major archaeological temple within Si Satchanalai, component 002 of UNESCO property 574....
Wat Hong Thong
Bang Pakong, Bang Pakong, Chachoengsao, Thailand
Wat Hong Thong, also called Wat Klang Na, is a living Bang Pakong monastery where a causeway crosses mangrove shore to an ordination hall and the three-level Phra That...
Wat Kalayanamit
Bangkok, Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Kalayanamit is a living Theravada royal monastery on the Chao Phraya, centered on the monumental Buddha Phra Phuttha Trai Rattananayok, known affectionately as Luang...
Wat Mahathat, Ayutthaya
Phra Nakhon Si 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, 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 Muang, Ang Thong
Wiset Chai Chan, 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, 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, Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Nang Phaya is a protected Buddhist ruin inside Si Satchanalai Historical Park....
Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaeo
Khun Han, 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, 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, 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, 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 Phra Borommathat Chaiya
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, Kamphaeng Phet
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 Si Rattana Mahathat Chaliang
Si Satchanalai, Si Satchanalai, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat Chaliang combines an archaeological monument with a living first-class royal monastery....
Wat Phra That Chae Haeng
Phu Phiang, 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, 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, Phrae, Thailand
Wat Phra That Chom Chaeng is a living Phrae monastery organized around a twenty-nine-metre golden chedi....
Wat Phra That Doi Leng
Phrae, 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 Tung
Mae Sai, Mae Fa Luang, 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 Pu Chae
Rong Kwang, 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, 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 Prayurawongsawat
Bangkok, Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Prayurawongsawat, also called Wat Prayoon, is a living royal monastery beside Bangkok's Memorial Bridge....
Wat Ratchaburana, Ayutthaya
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
Wat Ratchaburana is an archaeological temple in Ayutthaya's UNESCO-listed historic city....
Wat Sa Si
Mueang Kao, Mueang Kao, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Sa Si is an island monastery in Sukhothai Historical Park, approached by a causeway across Traphang Trakuan....
Wat Saphan Hin
Mueang Kao, 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....
Wat Si Chum
Mueang Kao, Mueang Kao, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Si Chum is organized around Phra Achana, the immense seated Buddha visible through a narrow opening in the mondop....
Wat Si Sawai
Mueang Kao, Mueang Kao, Sukhothai, Thailand
Wat Si Sawai preserves three Lopburi-style prangs and evidence of changing religious use....
Wat Sothon Wararam Worawihan
Chachoengsao, Chachoengsao, Chachoengsao, Thailand
Wat Sothon Wararam Worawihan is a major living temple beside the Bang Pakong River....
Wat Tham Sua, Kanchanaburi
Tha Muang, Tha Muang, Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Wat Tham Sua in Kanchanaburi is a living hill temple founded in 1971. Provincial sources identify its large blessing-posture Buddha and tall Ket Kaeo Maha Prasat chedi;...
Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
Wat Yai Chai Mongkhon is a living monastery southeast of Ayutthaya's island. Its great chedi commemorates King Naresuan's victory, while an active sangha, principal Buddha...
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Theravada Buddhism sacred-site questions
- What are Theravada Buddhism sacred sites?
- Theravada Buddhism sacred sites are places connected by shared lineage, practice, memory, ritual use, or pilgrimage tradition.
- Where can I find Theravada Buddhism sacred sites?
- The strongest country clusters in this guide include Thailand, Vietnam.
- What kinds of places are included?
- Common place types include archaeological sacred site, khmer buddhist pagoda, active historic theravada monastery, active theravada monastery, archaeological buddhist temple, active buddhist monastery with historic monuments.
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