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Thien Hau Temple, Cho Lon

Chợ Lớn, Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City

A major Chinese-Vietnamese shrine dedicated to the sea goddess Mazu.

Todai-ji

Zoshicho, Nara, Nara Prefecture

UNESCO-listed Nara temple housing the monumental Great Buddha and central to early Japanese state Buddhism.

Monumental Nara-period Buddhist temple architecture; current Daibutsuden is later reconstructionHistoric Monuments of Ancient Nara

Tran Temple, Nam Dinh

Nam Định, Nam Định, Ninh Bình

A royal ancestral temple complex and important spring festival destination.

Tua Pek Kong Temple, Kuching

Kuching city centre, Kuching, Kuching, Sarawak

One of Kuching’s oldest and most iconic Chinese temples and a key landmark in the city’s historic core.

Traditional Chinese temple

Vihara Dharma Bhakti

Glodok, Taman Sari, Jakarta, West Jakarta, Jakarta

Historic Chinatown temple at Petak Sembilan, Jakarta, long associated with devotion to Guanyin and Chinese religious festivals.

Historic Chinese-Indonesian temple architecture

Vihara Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

Tanjungpinang, Tanjungpinang City, Riau Islands

Buddhist temple on Bintan noted for its expansive display of 500 life-size arhats (lohan) sculptures.

Modern Buddhist pilgrimage and visitor site

Vishnu Mandir, Richmond Hill

Richmond Hill, Ontario

Historically significant Canadian Hindu mandir and religious-cultural institution on Yonge Street.

Wat Arun

Bangkok, Bangkok Yai, Bangkok

A major Chao Phraya river temple whose monumental central prang is one of Bangkok’s best-known sacred landmarks.

Rattanakosin temple architecture with monumental prang decorated with ceramicsMajor royal temple and internationally recognized Bangkok landmark

Wat Bang Kung

Bang Kung, Bang Khonthi, Bang Khonthi, Samut Songkhram

A historic Samut Songkhram temple famed for a small chapel enclosed by the roots of living banyan trees.

Historic Buddhist chapel enveloped by banyan and other tree rootsHistoric temple associated with late Ayutthaya and Thonburi military history; nationally known banyan-enclosed chapel

Wat Benchamabophit

Bangkok, Dusit, Bangkok

Bangkok’s celebrated Marble Temple, a royal Buddhist monastery noted for its refined Thai design and marble construction.

Thai Buddhist architecture incorporating Carrara marble and modern royal-era designMajor royal temple and celebrated work of modern Thai sacred architecture

Wat Bowonniwet Vihara

Banglamphu, Bangkok, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok

A major royal monastery in Bangkok’s Banglamphu district with exceptional national religious significance.

Major royal monastery with long associations with Thailand’s monarchy and Buddhist leadership

Wat Chalong

Chalong, Phuket, Mueang Phuket, Phuket

Phuket’s most prominent Buddhist temple, closely associated with the revered monk Luang Pho Chaem and local protective traditions.

Phuket’s best-known Buddhist temple and a major island pilgrimage destination

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Templestan’s temple directory is designed to connect sacred places with the information visitors actually use when planning or researching a journey. Search by name and, when structured data is available, refine results by state, deity, pilgrimage, festival, architecture and practical temple attributes.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Useful guidance for searching and filtering the temple directory.

How can I find a temple by state?

Use the State filter when state data is available in the connected temple provider. Only populated filter categories are shown.

Can I search temples by deity?

Yes. When deity data is available, the directory exposes a Deity filter alongside the main temple search.

Can I filter pilgrimage temples?

A pilgrimage filter appears when real pilgrimage relationships are supplied by the active directory provider.

How often is temple information updated?

Cards can display real updated, source and verification information when those fields are available. Templestan does not invent missing status data.

Can I suggest a missing temple?

Yes. Use the Submit a Sacred Place form to send a temple or other significant sacred place for private editorial review. Suggestions are never published automatically.