Lim Ko Niao Shrine
Anoru, Pattani, Mueang Pattani, Thailand
A major Pattani Chinese shrine devoted to Chao Mae Lim Ko Niao and known for its annual procession and cross-community pilgrimage tradition.
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Jui Tui Shrine
Phuket Old Town, Phuket, Mueang Phuket, Thailand
A major Chinese shrine in Phuket and one of the principal ceremonial centres of the internationally known Phuket Vegetarian Festival.
Krue Se Mosque
Pattani, Mueang Pattani, Thailand Islam
A nationally known historic brick mosque in Pattani whose unfinished dome and local legends are central to regional heritage memory.
Wat Phra Thong
Thep Krasattri, Thalang, Phuket, Thailand Buddhism
A major Phuket sacred site centered on a partially exposed golden Buddha image and a long-standing local legend.
Pattani Central Mosque
Anoru, Pattani, Mueang Pattani, Thailand Islam
Pattani’s principal mosque and one of southern Thailand’s most prominent Islamic sacred landmarks.
Wat Phra Borommathat Chaiya Ratchaworawihan
Chaiya, Surat Thani, Thailand Buddhism
A major southern Thai Buddhist temple centered on a distinctive Srivijaya-style reliquary and long-standing pilgrimage tradition.
Wat Chalong
Chalong, Phuket, Mueang Phuket, Thailand Buddhism
Phuket’s most prominent Buddhist temple, closely associated with the revered monk Luang Pho Chaem and local protective traditions.
Wat Chedi (Ai Khai)
Sichon, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand Buddhism
A major southern Thai devotional destination associated with Ai Khai, a child-spirit tradition linked in popular belief with protection and fulfilled requests.
Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan, Nakhon Si Thammarat
Nakhon Si Thammarat, Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand Buddhism
A newly inscribed UNESCO World Heritage monastery centered on the Great Reliquary and more than fifteen centuries of living Buddhist tradition.
Shrine of Our Lady of the Martyrs of Thailand
Songkhon, Wan Yai, Mukdahan, Thailand Christianity
A major Thai Catholic pilgrimage shrine commemorating seven martyrs killed at Songkhon in 1940 and beatified in 1989.
Kham Chanod
Kham Chanod, Ban Dung, Udon Thani, Thailand
A nationally famous sacred forest and pilgrimage landscape in Udon Thani associated with Naga traditions and popular blessing practices.
Phu Phrabat Historical Park
Ban Phue, Udon Thani, Thailand Buddhism
A UNESCO-listed sacred landscape where Dvaravati communities transformed natural rock formations into a Buddhist religious centre.