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The World’s Sacred Places

Sacred Places

Discover a curated guide to significant sacred places, pilgrimage traditions, architecture, documented history and practical visitor information across cultures and faith traditions.

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Sacred Places

Browse Sacred Places selected for Templestan’s public collection.

Wat Phra That Doi Kham

Doi Kham, Chiang Mai, Mueang Chiang Mai, Thailand Buddhism

A prominent Chiang Mai temple widely associated with devotion to Luang Pho Tan Jai and popular wish-making traditions.

Luang Pho Tan Jai

Wat Phra That Doi Suthep

Doi Suthep, Chiang Mai, Mueang Chiang Mai, Thailand Buddhism

A major mountaintop pilgrimage temple overlooking Chiang Mai and one of northern Thailand’s most recognized Buddhist sanctuaries.

Buddha relic tradition of Phra That Doi Suthep

Wat Chedi Luang

Old City, Chiang Mai, Mueang Chiang Mai, Thailand Buddhism

A major historic temple in Chiang Mai’s old city built around one of the largest surviving Lanna-period chedi structures.

Wat Phra Singh Woramahawihan

Old City, Chiang Mai, Mueang Chiang Mai, Thailand Buddhism

A major Lanna temple in Chiang Mai’s old city and a principal destination for Buddhist worship and northern Thai sacred art.

Phra Singh Buddha tradition