Wat Benchamabophit
Bangkok, Dusit, Thailand Buddhism
Bangkok’s celebrated Marble Temple, a royal Buddhist monastery noted for its refined Thai design and marble construction.
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Wat Bowonniwet Vihara
Banglamphu, Bangkok, Phra Nakhon, Thailand Buddhism
A major royal monastery in Bangkok’s Banglamphu district with exceptional national religious significance.
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.
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.
Kinpusen-ji
Yoshinoyama, Yoshino, Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan Shugendo
Principal Shugendo temple on Mount Yoshino, famous for giant Zao Gongen images and mountain-ascetic pilgrimage.
Enlightenment Stupa of Benalmádena
Benalmádena, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain Buddhism
A monumental Tibetan Buddhist stupa in Benalmádena dedicated to the Buddha’s enlightenment and used for meditation, teaching and devotional circumambulation.
Lerab Ling
Roqueredonde, Hérault, Occitanie, France Buddhism
One of Europe’s leading centres for the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism, founded in southern France in 1991.
Kagyu-Dzong
Paris, Île-de-France, France Buddhism
Historic Tibetan Buddhist temple in Paris and an early major centre of the Karma Kagyu tradition in France.