Sacred Places
33 places found
BuddhismWat Aranyik
· Thailand · monastery
A historic Theravada Buddhist temple in Phitsanulok, northern Thailand, whose name evokes the ancient forest-dwelling tradition of Thai monastic practice.
BuddhismWat Benchamabophit
· Thailand · monastery
A royal Buddhist wat in Bangkok's Dusit District, beloved as the Marble Temple for its gleaming Italian-stone façade and refined late-nineteenth-century craftsmanship.
BuddhismWat Chaiwatthanaram
· Thailand · monastery
A seventeenth-century Khmer-style temple complex on the Chao Phraya River, among the most evocative ruins of the Ayutthaya Historical Park in central Thailand.
BuddhismWat Chakkrawat
· Thailand · monastery
A historic royal Buddhist monastery in the heart of Bangkok's Chinatown, with origins stretching back to the founding years of the Rattanakosin kingdom.
BuddhismWat Chedi Yot Thong
· Thailand · monastery
A small historic Buddhist temple in Phitsanulok, central Thailand, treasured for its delicate Sukhothai-period lotus-bud chedi — the last of its style remaining in the province.
BuddhismWat Chet Yot
· Thailand · monastery
A fifteenth-century Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai whose seven-spired sanctuary recalls the Mahabodhi Temple of Bodh Gaya, drawing pilgrims born in the year of the Snake.
BuddhismWat Chulamani
· Thailand · monastery
The oldest surviving Buddhist temple of Phitsanulok Province, set along the east bank of the Nan River and remembered for its ornate Khmer-style pagoda.
BuddhismWat Mangkon Kamalawat
· Thailand · monastery
The principal Chinese Mahayana Buddhist temple in Bangkok, set in the heart of Chinatown and famous for its year-round festivals and ornate dragon-roofed halls.
BuddhismWat Na Phra Men
· Thailand · monastery
The only Ayutthaya temple to survive the Burmese sack of 1767 intact, preserving a regal late-Ayutthaya ubosot and an ancient Dvaravati-era stone Buddha.
BuddhismWat Pah Nanachat
· Thailand · monastery
An international Theravada forest monastery near Ubon Ratchathani, founded by Ajahn Chah in 1975 as a training community for non-Thai monks in the Thai Forest Tradition.
BuddhismWat Pa Lelai Worawihan
· Thailand · monastery
A historic Thai Buddhist temple in Suphan Buri Province, set along the western bank of the Suphanburi River and treasured locally as a place of refuge and devotion.
BuddhismWat Paramaiyikawat
· Thailand · monastery
An ancient riverside Mon-influenced Buddhist temple on the island of Ko Kret in Nonthaburi, recognised by its leaning Mutao chedi and devotion to a beloved royal grandmother.