Sacred Places
584 places found
BuddhismWat Phnom
· Cambodia · monastery
The hilltop pagoda from which Phnom Penh takes its name, founded according to legend in 1372 by a woman named Penh to enshrine Buddha images and a Vishnu statue found in a floating koki tree.
BuddhismWat Phra Kaew
Bangkok · Thailand · temple
The Chapel Royal of the Kings of Thailand within the Grand Palace, home of the Emerald Buddha, the most revered Buddha image in the kingdom.
BuddhismWat Phra Lao Thep Nimit
· Thailand · monastery
A Buddhist Temple in Amnat Charoen Province known for its Lanna-style ordination hall and the eighteenth-century image regarded as the finest Buddha of Thailand's Northeast.
BuddhismWat Phra Mahathat
· Thailand · monastery
The principal Temple of Nakhon Si Thammarat in southern Thailand, whose great Sri Lankan-style stupa is believed to enshrine a tooth-relic of the Buddha.
BuddhismWat Phra Ram
· Thailand · monastery
A historic Buddhist Temple at the heart of old Ayutthaya, set within easy reach of the royal palace and aligned, like the city's principal wats, toward the rising sun.
BuddhismWat Phra Si Mahathat
· Thailand · monastery
A first-class royal Buddhist Temple in Bangkok's Bang Khen District, founded after the Siamese Revolution to enshrine relics of the Buddha and to mark a new democratic era.
BuddhismWat Phra That Choeng Chum
· Thailand · monastery
A Buddhist Temple in Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand, whose 24-metre brick chedi rises over the venerated footprints of four past Buddhas and is depicted on the reverse of the ten-satang coin.
BuddhismWat Phra That Hariphunchai
· Thailand · monastery
An ancient Lanna royal Temple in Lamphun, founded over a relic of the Buddha's hair, whose 46-metre golden chedi remains a beating heart of northern Thai devotion.
BuddhismWat Phra Yuen
· Thailand · monastery
An ancient Theravada Temple on the Kuang River in Lamphun, one of four corner monasteries founded by Queen Chamadevi and home to four standing Buddha images enshrined within its stupa.
BuddhismWat Prasat
· Thailand · monastery
A name shared by several historic Buddhist Temples in Thailand, found in Chiang Mai and Nonthaburi, each carrying its own local history and devotional life.
BuddhismWat Ratchaburana
· Thailand · monastery
A name carried by several Thai Buddhist Temples, most notably in Ayutthaya, Bangkok, and Phitsanulok, each a sanctuary of long-standing devotion within its own city.
BuddhismWat Ratchapradit
· Thailand · monastery
A first-class royal Buddhist Temple founded by King Mongkut in 1864, the first monastery of the Thammayut Nikaya in Bangkok and a marble-clad gem of Rattanakosin Island.