Wat Bowonniwet Vihara
Banglamphu, Bangkok, Phra Nakhon, Thailand Buddhism
A major royal monastery in Bangkok’s Banglamphu district with exceptional national religious significance.
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Wat Mangkon Kamalawat
Chinatown, Bangkok, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Thailand Buddhism
A major Chinese Buddhist temple in Bangkok, central to Chinese-Thai religious life and festival observance.
Wat Pho
Bangkok, Phra Nakhon, Thailand Buddhism
A first-grade royal monastery internationally known for its monumental Reclining Buddha and Thai cultural heritage.
Wat Arun
Bangkok, Bangkok Yai, Thailand Buddhism
A major Chao Phraya river temple whose monumental central prang is one of Bangkok’s best-known sacred landmarks.
Wat Saket and the Golden Mount
Bangkok, Pom Prap Sattru Phai, Thailand Buddhism
A historic Bangkok temple crowned by the Golden Mount, a prominent pilgrimage landmark associated with Buddhist relic veneration.
Temple of the Emerald Buddha
Grand Palace, Bangkok, Phra Nakhon, Thailand Buddhism
Thailand’s royal chapel and the sanctuary of the Emerald Buddha within Bangkok’s Grand Palace.
Viên Giác Pagoda, Hannover
Mittelfeld, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany Buddhism
Major Vietnamese Buddhist monastery and pagoda in Hanover, one of the largest Buddhist centers of its kind in Europe.
The Buddhist House, Berlin
Frohnau, Berlin, Reinickendorf, Germany Buddhism
Historic Buddhist temple and meditation center founded by physician and writer Paul Dahlke in Berlin-Frohnau.
Kagyu Samye Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre
Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom Buddhism
Founded in 1967 as the first Tibetan Buddhist centre in the West and now a major international monastery and teaching centre.
Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda
Willen Lake, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom Buddhism
The first Peace Pagoda built in the Western world, created by the Nipponzan-Myōhōji Buddhist order at Willen Lake.
Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
Great Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom Buddhism
Major Theravada Buddhist monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition and an international centre for meditation and monastic practice.
Okunoin
Koyasan, Koya, Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan Buddhism
One of Japan’s most sacred Buddhist pilgrimage sites, centered on the mausoleum of Kukai at Mount Koya.