Sacred Places
584 places found
HinduismVishvanath Temple
Khajuraho · India · temple
In the Western Group at Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh, the Vishvanath Temple is a Chandela-era Nagara shrine to Lord Shiva as Vishvanatha, Lord of the Universe, raised around 1002 CE and set with its own dedicated Nandi pavilion facing the sanctum.
HinduismVrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir
Vrindavan · India · temple
An immense devotional project rising in the sacred town of Vrindavan, the Chandrodaya Mandir is being built by followers of Srila Prabhupada as a skyscraper Temple to Lord Krishna, planned as the tallest religious monument in the world. Construction continues today, with part of the complex already open for darshan.
HinduismWalkeshwar Temple
Mumbai · India · temple
Perched at the highest point in Mumbai above Malabar Hill, Walkeshwar is an ancient Temple to Lord Shiva, worshipped here as Valukeshwar, the Lord fashioned from sand, beside the sacred freshwater Banganga Tank.
BuddhismWanbu Huayanjing Pagoda
Hohhot · People's Republic of China · pagoda
Known to most simply as the White Pagoda, this octagonal seven-storey tower rises on the eastern edge of Hohhot, built during the Liao dynasty to enshrine ten thousand copies of the Avatamsaka Sutra.
BuddhismWat Aranyik
Phitsanulok · Thailand · monastery
A ruined Sukhothai-period Buddhist Temple on the edge of Phitsanulok, Wat Aranyik takes its name from the Pali word for forest, recalling the monks who once practised meditation apart from the town.
BuddhismWat Benchamabophit
Bangkok · Thailand · monastery
Known across Thailand as the Marble Temple, Wat Benchamabophit stands in Bangkok's royal Dusit quarter, its Carrara marble walls and tiered gilded roofs reflected in the canal that rings its grounds.
BuddhismWat Chaiwatthanaram
Ayutthaya · Thailand · monastery
A seventeenth-century Khmer-style Temple complex on the Chao Phraya River, its central prang and cross-shaped cloister forming one of the most striking ruins within the Ayutthaya Historical Park.
BuddhismWat Chakkrawat Rachawat Woramahawihan
Bangkok · Thailand · monastery
A royal Buddhist monastery at the edge of Bangkok's Chinatown, its history reaching back to the founding of Rattanakosin and its grounds home to a pond once kept by a monk for a legendary crocodile.
BuddhismWat Chaloem Phra Kiat Worawihan
Nonthaburi · Thailand · monastery
A royal Buddhist Temple on the Chao Phraya in Nonthaburi, raised by King Nangklao in filial devotion to his mother and enclosed by fortified walls that recall the ramparts of the Grand Palace.
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
Chiang Mai · Thailand · monastery
A fifteenth-century Lanna sanctuary in Chiang Mai whose seven brick spires echo the Mahabodhi Temple of Bodh Gaya, and a place of pilgrimage for devotees born in the year of the Snake.
BuddhismWat Chulamani
Phitsanulok · Thailand · monastery
The oldest standing Temple in Phitsanulok Province, its weathered Khmer-style prang rising in a quiet grass compound beside the Nan River as one of the northernmost Khmer monuments in Thailand.