This is a list of Buddhist temple

Temple

A temple is a structure reserved for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, or analogous rites. A templum constituted a sacred precinct as defined by a priest, or augur. It has the same root as the word "template," a plan in preparation of the building that was marked out...

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Monastery

Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only...

, stupa

Stupa

A stupa is a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics, typically the remains of Buddha, used by Buddhists as a place of worship....

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Pagoda

A pagoda is the general term in the English language for a tiered tower with multiple eaves common in Nepal, India, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and other parts of Asia. Some pagodas are used as Taoist houses of worship. Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most commonly Buddhist,...

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Bumthang

• Kurjey Lhakhang
  Kurjey Lhakhang
  Kurjey Lhakang, also known as Kurjey Monastery, is located in the Bumthang valley in the Bumthang district of Bhutan. This is the final resting place of the remains of the first three kings of Bhutan. Also, a large tree behind one of the temple buildings is believed to be a terma that was left...
  
   - one of Bhutan's most sacred temples - image of Guru Rinopche enshrined in rock.

Paro

• Rinpung Dzong
  Rinpung Dzong
  Rinpung Dzong is a large Drukpa Kagyu Buddhist monastery and fortress in Paro District in Bhutan. It houses the district Monastic Body and government administrative offices of Paro Dzongkhag.-History:...
  
  
• Paro Taktsang
  Paro Taktsang
  Paro Taktsang , is the popular name of Taktsang Palphug Monastery , a prominent Himalayan Buddhist sacred site and temple complex, located in the cliffside of the upper Paro valley, Bhutan...
  
   (Tiger's Nest) - perched on a 1,200 meter cliff, this is one of Bhutan's most spectacular monasteries.

Punakha

• Punakha Dzong
  Punakha Dzong
  The Punakha Dzong, also known as Pungtang Dechen Photrang Dzong is the administrative centre of Punakha dzongkhag in Punakha, Bhutan. Constructed by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in 1637–38, it is the second oldest and second largest dzong in Bhutan and one of its most majestic structures...
  
   - constructed by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in 1637-38 it is the head monastery of the Southern Drukpa Kagyu school.

Angkor

• Angkor Wat
  Angkor Wat
  Angkor Wat is a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation – first Hindu,...
  
  
• Bayon
  Bayon
  The Bayon is a well-known and richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built in the late 12th century or early 13th century as the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman's capital, Angkor Thom...
  
  
• Krol Ko
  Krol Ko
  Krol Ko at Angkor, Cambodia, is a Buddhist temple built at the end of the 12th century under the rule of Jayavarman VII. It is north of Neak Pean....
  
  
• Neak Pean
  Neak Pean
  Neak Pean at Angkor, Cambodia is an artificial island with a Buddhist temple on a circular island in Preah Khan Baray built during the reign of King Jayavarman VII...
  
  
• Preah Khan
  Preah Khan
  Preah Khan , sometimes transliterated as Prah Khan, is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built in the 12th century for King Jayavarman VII. It is located northeast of Angkor Thom and just west of the Jayatataka baray, with which it was associated. It was the centre of a substantial organisation,...
  
  
• Preah Palilay
  Preah Palilay
  Preah Palilay is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia. It is located in Angkor Thom, 400 m north-west of Phimeanakas.-History:The coexistence of hindu and buddhist elements and lacking of foundation stele or inscriptions make somewhat difficult dating this temple...
  
  
• Ta Prohm
  Ta Prohm
  Ta Prohm is the modern name of a temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th centuries and originally called Rajavihara...
  
  
• Ta Som
  Ta Som
  Ta Som is a small temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built at the end of the 12th century for King Jayavarman VII. It is located north east of Angkor Thom and just east of Neak Pean. The King dedicated the temple to his father Dharanindravarman II who was King of the Khmer Empire from 1150 to 1160...
  
  

Phnom Penh

• Wat Botum
  Wat Botum
  Wat Botum Vathey is a wat located at Oknha Suor Srun Street 7, Sangkat Chaktomuk, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It is located to the south of the Royal Palace of Cambodia, on the western side of Wat Botum Park.-History:...
  
  
• Wat Ounalom
  Wat Ounalom
  Wat Ounalom also pronounce Wat Onalaom is a wat located on Sisowath Quay in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, near the Royal Palace of Cambodia.It is the most important wat of Phnom Penh, and the center of Cambodian Buddhism. It was established in 1443 and consists of 44 structures. It was damaged during the...
  
  
• Wat Phnom
  Wat Phnom
  Wat Phnom is a Buddhist temple located in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It was built in 1373, and stands 27 metres above the ground. It is the tallest religious structure in the city.-History:...
  
  
• Wat Preah Keo
  Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
  The Silver Pagoda is located on the south side of the Royal Palace, Phnom Penh. Formerly, it was known as Wat Ubosoth Ratanaram. The temple's official name is Preah Vihear Preah Keo Morakot but is commonly referred to as Wat Preah Keo in Khmer....
  
   (Silver Pagoda)

British Columbia

• International Buddhist Temple
  International Buddhist Temple
  The International Buddhist Temple is located in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada...
  
  , Richmond
  Richmond, British Columbia
  Richmond is a coastal city, incorporated in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Part of Metro Vancouver, its neighbouring communities are Vancouver and Burnaby to the north, New Westminster to the east, and Delta to the south, while the Strait of Georgia forms its western border...
  
  
• Ling Yen Mountain Temple

Beijing

• Big Bell Temple
  Big Bell Temple
  The Big Bell Temple, or Da Zhong Temple , originally known as Jue Sheng Temple , is a Buddhist temple located on Beisanhuan Road in Beijing, China....
  
   (Juesheng Temple)
• Fayuan Temple
  Fayuan Temple
  The Fayuan Temple , situated in the southwest quarter of central Beijing, is one of the city's most renowned Buddhist temples.- History :The temple was first built in 645 during the Tang Dynasty by Emperor Li Shimin, and later rebuilt in the Zhengtong Period of the Ming Dynasty. The temple...
  
  
• Guanghua Temple
  Guanghua Temple (Beijing)
  Guanghua Temple is located on 31 Ya'er Hutong, north of Shichahai in the Xicheng District of Beijing. First found during the Yuan Dynasty , it is one of Beijing's most renowned Buddhist temples.-References:...
  
  
• Guangji Temple
  Guangji Temple
  The Guangji Temple of Beijing, located at inner Fuchengmen Street, in the Xicheng District, is a renowned Buddhist temple. It is also the headquarters of the Buddhist Association of China....
  
  
• Jietai Temple
  Jietai Temple
  Jietai Temple is a Buddhist temple in Mentougou District in western Beijing, China. It was constructed during the Tang dynasty, with major modifications made during the Ming and Qing Dynasties....
  
  
• Miaoying Temple
  Miaoying Temple
  The Miaoying Temple , also known as the "White Stupa Temple" , is a Chinese Buddhist temple on the north side of Fuchengmennei Street in Xicheng District of Beijing....
  
  
• Tanzhe Temple
  Tanzhe Temple
  The Tanzhe Temple is a Buddhist temple situated in the Western Hills, a mountainous area in western Beijing. It is one of the most well-known temples in Beijing. At one time, it was one of the most important temples in the nation...
  
  
• Temple of Azure Clouds
  Temple of Azure Clouds
  The Temple of Azure Clouds , is a Buddhist temple located in the eastern part of the Western Hills, just outside the north gate of Fragrant Hills Park , in the Haidian District, a northwestern suburb of Beijing, China, approximately 20 km from the city center...
  
  
• Tianning Temple
• Wanshou Temple
  Wanshou Temple
  The Wanshou Temple is a temple located at the Suzhou Jie in Beijing. In addition to being a Buddhist temple, the Wanshou Temple also houses the Beijing Art Museum....
  
  
• Yonghe Temple
  Yonghe Temple
  The Yonghe Temple , also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most...
  
  
• Yunju Temple
  Yunju Temple
  -History:The temple was first built in the early 7th century. In 616, the first Buddhist stone scripture tablet was made at the temple by a monk named Jingwan. Because there were debates going between Buddhists and Daoists, and Jingwan feared reprisals from Daoists, he decided to carve his...
  
  
• Zhenjue Temple
  Zhenjue Temple
  The Five Pagoda Temple, formally known as the "Temple of the Great Righteous Awakening" or "Zhenjue Temple" for short, is a Buddhist temple from the era of the Ming Dynasty located in the city of Beijing, China.-Architecture:...
  
  
• Zhihua Temple

Guangdong

• Nanhua Temple
  Nanhua Temple
  Nanhua Temple is a Buddhist monastery of the Chan School, one of Five Great Schools of Buddhism where Hui Neng, the Sixth Patriarch of the Chan School of Buddhism, once lived and taught. It is located 25 km southeast of Shaoguan, China in the town of Caoxi , within Qujiang District...
  
  
• Temple of Bright Filial Piety
  Temple of Bright Filial Piety
  Guangxiao Temple on Guangxiao Road is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. It was the mansion of Prince Zhao Jiande of the Nanyue Kingdom during the Western Han Dynasty .-History:...
  
   (Guangxiao Si)
• Temple of the Six Banyan Trees
  Temple of the Six Banyan Trees
  The Temple of the Six Banyan Trees is an ancient Buddhist temple originally built in 537 in the Liang Dynasty in Guangzhou, southern China....
  
  

Hebei

• Kaishan Temple
  Kaishan Temple
  Kaishan Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Xincheng village near Gaobeidian, Hebei Province, China. The temple was first founded in the Tang Dynasty, and grew large and important in the subsequent centuries until declining in recent centuries...
  
  
• Longxing Monastery
  Longxing Monastery
  The Longxing Monastery or Longxing Temple is an ancient Buddhist monastery located near the town of Zhengding in Hebei Province, China, approximately 15 kilometers north of the provincial capital of Shijiazhuang. It has been referred to as the "First Temple south of Beijing".-History:The monastery...
  
  
• Puning Temple
  Puning Temple
  The Punning Temple , or Temple of Universal Peace of Chengde, Hebei province, China is a Qing Dynasty era Buddhist temple complex built in 1755, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor to show the Qing's respect to the ethnic minorities...
  
  
• Putuo Zongcheng Temple
  Putuo Zongcheng Temple
  The Putuo Zongcheng Temple of Chengde, Hebei province, China is a Qing Dynasty era Buddhist temple complex built between 1767 and 1771, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor . It is located near the Chengde Mountain Resort, which is south of the Putuo Zongcheng. Along with the equally famed...
  
  

Henan

• Daxiangguo Temple
  Daxiangguo Temple
  - History :It was first built in 555 A.D.，the sixth year during Emperor Wenxuan's reign of the Northern Qi period and it was named "Xiangguo Temple"...
  
  
• Iron Pagoda
  Iron Pagoda
  The Iron Pagoda of Youguo Temple , Kaifeng City, Henan province, is a Buddhist Chinese pagoda built in 1049 C.E. during the Song Dynasty of China. The pagoda is so-named not because it is made of iron, but because its colour resembles that of iron...
  
  
• Shaolin Monastery
• Songyue Pagoda
  Songyue Pagoda
  The Songyue Pagoda , constructed in 523 AD, is located at the Songyue Monastery on Mount Song, in Henan province, China. Built during the Northern Wei Dynasty, this pagoda is one of the few intact sixth-century pagodas in China and is also the earliest known Chinese brick pagoda...
  
  
• White Horse Temple
  White Horse Temple
  White Horse Temple is, according to tradition, the first Buddhist temple in China, established in 68 AD under the patronage of Emperor Ming in the Eastern Han capital Luoyang. Today the site is located just outside the walls of the ancient Eastern Han capital, some east of Luoyang in Henan...
  
  
• Youguo Temple
  Youguo Temple
  Youguo Temple is a Buddhist monastery complex located northeast of Kaifeng, in Henan province, China. It was built by the Song Dynasty...
  
  

Jiangsu

• Hanshan Temple
• Huqiu Tower
  Huqiu Tower
  The Huqiu Tower, or Yunyan Pagoda and Tiger Hill Pagoda, is a Chinese pagoda situated at Changmen in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. It has several other names, including the Leaning Tower of China and the Yunyan Temple Tower...
  
  
• Jiming Temple
  Jiming Temple
  -Brief Introduction:The Jiming Temple is a renowned Buddhist temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. It is one of the most antique temples in Nanjing...
  
  
• Linggu Temple
  Linggu Temple
  Linggu Temple is a Buddhist temple in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. The temple was described as the best Buddhist temple in the world. It was now surrounded by a large park.-History:...
  
  
• Qixia Temple
  Qixia Temple
  Qixia Temple is a Buddhist temple located on Qixia Hill in the suburban Qixia District of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China, northeast of downtown Nanjing...
  
  
• Tianning Temple (天宁宝塔), Changzhou
  Changzhou
  Changzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It was previously known as Yanling, Lanling, Jinling, and Wujin. Located on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, Changzhou borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Zhenjiang to the...
  
  , the tallest pagoda in the world. Height: 153.8 metres (505 ft).

Shaanxi

• Famen Temple
  Famen Temple
  Famen Temple is located in Famen town, Fufeng County, 120 kilometers west of Xi'an City, Shaanxi province. It was widely regarded as the "ancestor of pagoda temples in Guanzhong area".-History:...
  
  
• Giant Wild Goose Pagoda
  Giant Wild Goose Pagoda
  Giant Wild Goose Pagoda or Big Wild Goose Pagoda , is a Buddhist pagoda located in southern Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China. It was built in 652 during the Tang Dynasty and originally had five stories, although the structure was rebuilt in 704 during the reign of Empress Wu Zetian and its exterior...
  
  
• Small Wild Goose Pagoda
  Small Wild Goose Pagoda
  The Small Wild Goose Pagoda, sometimes Little Wild Goose Pagoda , is one of two significant pagodas in the city of Xi'an, China, the site of the old Han and Tang capital Chang'an. The other notable pagoda is the Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, originally built in 652 and restored in 704...
  
  
• Xingjiao Temple
  Xingjiao Temple
  Xingjiao Temple is located in Shaoling Yuan, Chang'an District of Xi'an City. The five-storied Buddhist Relic Pagoda, preserving the relics of Xuanzang , is inside the temple, along with the pagodas of his desciples, Kuiji and Yuance.Xingjiao Temple was built in AD 669 in order to re-inhume...
  
  

Tibet (Xizang)

• Chokorgyel Monastery
  Chokorgyel Monastery
  Chokorgyel Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Gyatsa County in Tibet.-History:In 1509 Gedun Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama, had a meditation cave and founded a hermitage here...
  
  
• Dorje Drak
  Dorje Drak
  Dorje Drak monastery is a Nyingma monastery in Shimla, India. It is run by Tibetan exiles, and modeled after a similar monastery that was destroyed in Tibet. The current throneholder is H.H. Taglung Kyabgon Tsetrul Thupten Gyaltsen Rinpoche.-External links:*...
  
  
• Drepung Monastery
  Drepung Monastery
  Drepung Monastery ,, located at the foot of Mount Gephel, is one of the "great three" Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet...
  
  
• Drongtse Monastery
  Drongtse Monastery
  Drongtse Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery was formerly one of the most important Gelug monasteries in Tsang, Tibet. There was also a chorten there....
  
  
• Dzogchen Monastery
  Dzogchen Monastery
  Dzogchen Monastery is one of the six great monasteries of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It is located in Sichuan province, China, and marks part of the Tibetan cultural region of Kham. It was founded by Dzogchen Pema Rigdzin in 1675, 1684 or 1685...
  
  
• Ganden Monastery
  Ganden Monastery
  Ganden Monastery or Ganden Namgyeling is one of the 'great three' Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet, located at the top of Wangbur Mountain, Tagtse County, 36 kilometers ENE from the Potala Palace in Lhasa, at an altitude of 4,300m...
  
  
• Jokhang
  Jokhang
  The Jokhang, , also called the Qokang Monastery, Jokang, Jokhang Temple, Jokhang Monastery or Zuglagkang , is located on Barkhor Square in Lhasa. For most Tibetans it is the most sacred and important temple in Tibet. It is in some regards pan-sectarian, but is presently controlled by the Gelug school...
  
  
• Katok Monastery
  Katok Monastery
  Katok Monastery is listed in various enumerations as one of the six principal Nyingma monasteries, one of the main lineages of Tibetan Buddhism.Katok Monastery was founded in 1159 by a younger sibling of Phagmodrupa, Katok Dampa Deshek...
  
  
• Khorzhak Monastery
  Khorzhak Monastery
  Khorzhak Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Khorzhak town, Burang county, Ngari Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It is located not far to the southeast of Burang and just northeast of the Nepalese border. The town and temple are known as Kojanath in Nepal...
  
  
• Menri Monastery
  Menri Monastery
  Menri Monastery is a Bon monastery in Tibet. It was established in 1405 by Nyammey Sherab Gyeltsen , and became the leading Bon monastery in the Tibetan cultural region. The abbot of Menri is recognized as the spiritual leader of Bon...
  
  
• Mindrolling Monastery
• Nechung
  Nechung
  Naiqung Monastery, Naiqung Jog , or Naiqung Goinba , is the seat of the State Oracle of Tibet.It is also referred to as Sungi Gyelpoi Tsenkar, the "Demon Fortress of the Oracle King."...
  
  
• Palpung Monastery
  Palpung Monastery
  Palpung is the name of the congregation of monasteries and centers of the Tai Situpas as well as the name of the monastic seat in Tibet in Dege. Palpung means "glorious union of study and practice"...
  
  
• Palyul
  Palyul
  Palyul is one of the six mother monasteries of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Founded in 1665 by Rigdzen Kunzang Sherab, the monastery is the seat of the Nam Cho Terma of Terton Migyur Dorje. His Holiness Penor Rinpoche was the 11th throne holder of the Palyul lineage...
  
  
• Ralung Monastery
  Ralung Monastery
  Ralung Monastery , located in the Tsang region of western Tibet, south of the Karo La , is the traditional seat of the Drukpa order of Tibetan Buddhism...
  
  
• Sakya Monastery
  Sakya Monastery
  Sakya Monastery, also known as dPal Sa skya or Pel Sakya is a Buddhist monastery situated 25 km southeast of a bridge which is about 127 km west of Shigatse on the road to Tingri in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.The seat of the Sakya or Sakyapa school of Tibetan Buddhism, it was founded in...
  
  
• Samding Monastery
  Samding Monastery
  Samding Monastery, Samten Ling, or Samding Goinba Samding, a Geluk Ani gompa - which also housed some monks - was built on a hill on a peninsula jutting into the sacred lake, Yar-'brog or Yamdrok Tso, about east of Nangkatse, and some southwest of Lhasa, at an altitude of 4,423 m or...
  
  
• Samye
  Samye
  The Samye Monastery or Samye Gompa is the first Buddhist monastery built in Tibet, was most probably first constructed between 775 and 779 CE under the patronage of King Trisong Detsen of Tibet who sought to revitalize Buddhism, which had declined since its introduction by King Songtsen Gampo in...
  
  
• Sera Monastery
  Sera Monastery
  Sera Monastery is one of the 'great three' Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet, located north of Lhasa. The other two are Ganden Monastery and Drepung Monastery. The origin of the name 'Sera' is attributed to a fact that the site where the monastery was built was surrounded by wild roses in...
  
  
• Shechen Monastery
  Shechen Monastery
  The Shechen Monastery is one of the primary monasteries of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, in Tibet. It is located in Derge between Nangdo and Dzogchen Monastery...
  
  
• Simbiling Monastery
  Simbiling Monastery
  Simbiling Monastery, also known as Shambuling Gompa, Shepeling Dzong and Taklakot Gompa, was located next to the large fort of Tegla Kar on a ridge near Taklakot, above the town of Purang, in the Ngari province, which is just over the border from Nepal in western Tibet in the valley of the Karnali...
  
  
• Surmang
• Tashilhunpo Monastery
• Tsi Nesar
  Tsi Nesar
  Tsi Nesar is a geomantic temple attributed to Emperor Songsten Gampo who lived in the 7th century CE...
  
  
• Tsurphu Monastery
  Tsurphu Monastery
  Tsurphu Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery which served as the traditional seat of the Karmapa. It is located in Gurum town of Doilungdêqên County in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, 70 km from Lhasa. The monastery is about 14,000 feet above sea level...
  
  
• Yerpa
  Yerpa
  Yerpa, also known as: Brag Yer-pa, Drak Yerpa, Druk Yerpa, Dagyeba, Dayerpa, and Trayerpa, is only a short drive to the east of Lhasa, and consists of a monastery and a number of ancient meditation caves that used to house about 300 monks.-Description:The entrance to the Yerpa Valley is about...
  
  

Zhejiang

• Baoguo Temple
  Baoguo Temple
  The Baoguo Temple is a Mahayana Buddhist temple located in the Jiangbei district, north of Ningbo, in Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China...
  
  
• Guoqing Temple
  Guoqing Temple
  The Guoqing Temple is a Buddhist temple on Mount Tiantai, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China. Originally built in 598 AD during the Sui Dynasty, and renovated during the reign of the Qing Yongzheng Emperor , the temple is located roughly from the city of Hangzhou...
  
  
• Jingci Temple
  Jingci Temple
  Jingci Temple is located at the foot of Huiri Peak of Nanping Hill. It is the second prominent Buddhist temple around West Lake. Together with Lingyin Temple, it is called the jewel of the southern and northern hills...
  
  
• Lingyin Temple
• Liuhe Pagoda
  Liuhe Pagoda
  Liuhe Pagoda , literally Six Harmonies Pagoda or Six Harmonies Tower, is a multi-story Chinese pagoda in southern Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. It is located at the foot of Yuelun Hill, facing the Qiantang River...
  
  
• Puji Temple
  Puji Temple
  Puji Temple is a Buddhist temple located on the island of Putuoshan in Zhejiang province, China.The temple is now a tourist attraction as the island is significant in Chinese Buddhism...
  
  

Andhra Pradesh

• Amaravati
  Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh
  Amaravathi is a small town situated on the banks of the River Krishna in the Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is famous for its Amareswara temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. The temple is one of the famous Pancharamas. Amaravati, also known as Dhanyakataka/Dharanikota was the site of a...
  
  
• Nagarjunakonda
• Thotlakonda
  Thotlakonda
  Thotlakonda Buddhist Complex Lies about 15 km from Visakhapatnam city on the way to Bheemili town on a hill about 128 mts. Above Mean Sea Level overlooking the sea. The telugu name Thotlakonda derived from the presence of a number of a rock-cut throughs hewn in the bedrock of the hillock...
  
  

Goa

Buddhist caves exists in following places in Goa:

• Arambol
  Arambol
  Arambol Beach is located approximately a one hour drive from the Dabolim Airport within the Pernem administrative region of northern Goa, India. The beach attracts many international tourists, mainly during the winter season between November and March...
  
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• Bandora
  Bandora (town)
  Bandora is a census town inPonda Taluka in North Goa district in the state of Goa, India.-Geography:Bandora is located at . It has an average elevation of 107 metres .-Demographics:...
  
   (Bandivataka)
• Kudne (Kundivataka)
• Margao
  Margao
  Margao and commercial capital of the Indian state of Goa. It is the administrative headquarters of South Goa district and of the Salcete taluka.- Etymology :...
  
   (Mathagrama)
• Rivona
  Rivona
  Rivona or Rivana is a census town in Quepem taluka, South Goa district in the state of Goa, India....
  
   (Rishivana)

Buddha idols have been found in several places, and some temples, some are still in worship and are considered now as Hindu gods. Monasteries used to exist in many places, and it can be seen from the names of the modern villages. For example, Viharas have been found in modern Divachali

Bicholim

Bicholim is a city and a municipal council in North Goa district in the state of Goa, India. It is a town in the territory of Goa, and the headquarters of the concelho of the same name; the Concelho of Bicholim, located in the north-east quarter is one of the seven that make up the Novas...

 or ancient Dipakavishaya, Lamgaon or ancient Lamagrama and many other places.

Himachal Pradesh

• Dhankar Gompa
  Dhankar Gompa
  Dhankar Gompa is a Gompa, a Buddhist temple in the district of Lahaul and Spiti in India. It is situated at an elevation of 3,894 metres in the Spiti Valley between the towns of Kaza and Tabo...
  
  
• Gandhola Monastery
  Gandhola Monastery
  Gandhola Monastery is about 18 km before Keylong in Lahaul, Himachel Pradesh, India on the road from Manali...
  
  
• Gemur Monastery
  Gemur Monastery
  Gemur Monastery is a Buddhist monastery, 600 to 700 yards above the village of Gemur, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, northern India. It is located 38 kilometres from Manali. The monastery is around 700 years old....
  
  
• Gozzangwa Monastery
  Gozzangwa Monastery
  Gozzangwa Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in the village of Khardong in Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, northern India. Pre-Christina period rock carvings are situated outside the monastery dated to around 10th or 11th century and the monastery is noted for its Chortens. Khardong Monastery...
  
  
• Kardang Monastery
  Kardang Monastery
  Kardang Monastery or Gompa is a famous Drukpa Lineage monastery, and is the most important monastery the Lahaul valley, India. The associated village of Kardang was once the capital of Lahaul.The monastery is a huge white building bedecked with prayer flags...
  
  
• Key Monastery
• Kibber
  Kibber
  Kibber is a village high in the Spiti Valley in the Himalayas at 4270 metres or 14,200 ft in Himachal Pradesh in northern India. It contains a monastery and the Kibber Wildlife Sanctuary. Kibber lies in a narrow valley on the summit of a limestone rock. It is located 6 kilometres from Kaza and a...
  
  
• Kungri Monastery
  Kungri Monastery
  Kungri Monastery is a Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism in the Pin Valley in Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, northern India.Kungri is Spiti's second oldest monastery, built around 1330...
  
  
• Lhalung Monastery
  Lhalung Monastery
  Lhalung Monastery, Lhalun Monastery or Lalung Monastery , was one of the earliest monasteries founded in Spiti, Himachel Pradesh, India, by the great Tibetan Buddhist lotswa , Rinchen Zangpo, the king of western Himalayan Kingdom of Guge during the late 10th century CE...
  
  
• Namgyal Monastery
  Namgyal Monastery
  Namgyal Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery associated with the Dalai Lamas. Founded in 1575 by the Third Dalai Lama, Sonam Gyatso, Namgyal Monastery was historically housed within the Potala Palace...
  
  
• Rewalsar
• Shashur Monastery
  Shashur Monastery
  Shashur or Sashur Monastery is a Buddhist monastery of the Drugpa sect in Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, northern India. It is located 37 kilometres from Manali...
  
  
• Tabo Monastery
  Tabo Monastery
  Tabo Monastery was founded in 996 CE in the Spiti Valley, Himachel Pradesh, India by the great Tibetan Buddhist lotswa , Rinchen Zangpo, the king of western Himalayan Kingdom of Guge...
  
  
• Tangyud Monastery
  Tangyud Monastery
  The Tangyud Monastery or Sa-skya-gong-mig Gompa at Hikim/Komic, Spiti, Himachel Pradesh, India, is built like a fortified castle on the edge of a deep canyon, with massive slanted mud walls and battlements with vertical red ochre and white vertical stripes which make them look much taller than...
  
  
• Tayul Monastery
  Tayul Monastery
  Tayul Monastery or Tayul Gompa is a Buddhist monastery in the Bhaga Valley of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh, northern India. It is located 6 kilometres from Keylong above the village of Satingri.-History:...
  
  

Jammu & Kashmir

• Dzongkhul Monastery
  Dzongkhul Monastery
  Dzongkhul Monastery or Zongkhul Gompa is located in the Stod Valley of Zanskar in Jammu and Kashmir in northern India. Like Sani Monastery, it belongs to the Drukpa school of Tibetan BuddhismDzongkhul has traditionally been home to famous yogins...
  
  
• Ladakh
  Ladakh
  Ladakh is a region of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of the Republic of India. It lies between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent...
  
  
  • Alchi Monastery
    Alchi Monastery
    Alchi Monastery or Alchi Gompa is a Buddhist monastery, known more as a monastic complex of temples in Alchi village in the Leh District, of the Indian state under the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council of Jammu and Kashmir. The complex comprises four separate settlements in the Alchi...
    
    
  • Bardan Monastery
    Bardan Monastery
    Bardan Monastery or Bardan Gompa is a 17th century Buddhist monastery, approximately 12 kilometres south of Padum, in Zanskar, Ladakh, northern India. It belongs to the Dugpa-Kargyud monastic order and was one of the first monasteries of this sect to be established in Zanskar...
    
    
  • Basgo Monastery
    Basgo Monastery
    Basgo Monastery, also known as Basgo or Bazgo Gompa, is a Buddhist monastery located in Basgo or Bazgo in Leh District, Ladakh, northern India approximately 40 km from Leh....
    
    
  • Chemrey Monastery
    Chemrey Monastery
    Chemrey Monastery or Chemrey Gompa is a 1664 Buddhist monastery, approximately east of Leh, Ladakh, northern India. It belongs to the Drugpa monastic order and was founded by the Lama Tagsang Raschen and dedicated to King Sengge Namgyal....
    
    
  • Diskit Monastery
    Diskit Monastery
    Diskit Monastery also known as Deskit Gompa or Diskit Gompa is the oldest and largest Buddhist monastery in the Nubra Valley of Ladakh, northern India....
    
    
  • Hanle Monastery
    Hanle Monastery
    Hanle Monastery or Hanle or Analy Gompa is a 17th century Buddhist monastery of the "Red Hat" Tibetan Drukpa Kagyu branch of Tibetan Buddhism, located in the Hanle Valley, Leh District, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir in northern India on an old branch of the ancient Ladakh - Tibet trade route. The...
    
    
  • Hemis Monastery
    Hemis Monastery
    Hemis Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Drukpa Lineage, located in Hemis, Ladakh . Situated 45 km from Leh, the monastery was re-established in 1672 by the Ladakhi king Sengge Namgyal...
    
    
  • Hundur Monastery
    Hundur Monastery
    Hundur Monastery, also known as Hundur Gompa, is a Buddhist monastery in the Nubra Valley of Ladakh, northern India. It is located near Diskit Monastery and Lachung Temple, situated just below the main road, near the bridge....
    
    
  • Korzok Monastery
    Korzok Monastery
    Korzok, also known as Karzok or Kurzok, is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery belonging to the Drukpa Lineage and ancient village on the western bank of Tsomoriri Lake in Leh District, Ladakh, India. Korzok, situated at , houses a Shakyamuni Buddha and other statues. It is home to about 35 monks.In the...
    
    
  • Kursha Monastery
    Kursha Monastery
    Karsha Monastery or Karsha Gompa is a Buddhist monastery in the Padum Valley of the Zanskar region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in northern India. The Doda River flows past the monastery from its source at the Drang Drung glacier of the Pensi La . It was founded by the translator, Phagspa...
    
    
  • Lamayuru Monastery
  • Likir Monastery
    Likir Monastery
    Likir Monastery or Likir Gompa is a Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, northern India, located approximately west of Leh. It is picturesquely situated on a little hill in the valley near the Indus River and the village of Saspol about north of the Srinigar to Leh highway...
    
    
  • Lingshed Monastery
    Lingshed Monastery
    Lingshed Monastery or Lingshed Gompa is a Gelugpa Buddhist monastery in the Zanskar region in the state of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir in northern India...
    
    
  • Mashro Monastery
    Mashro Monastery
    Mashro Monastery or Mashro Gompa is a Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, northern India, located across the Indus River from Thiksey Monastery. Built in the first half of the 16th century, it has an array of ancient thangkas, and is noted for its venue for a festival of oracles.-References:...
    
    
  • Matho Monastery
    Matho Monastery
    Matho Monastery, or Matho Gompa is a Buddhist monastery located 26 kilometres southeast of Leh in Ladakh, northern India. The village of Matho is located at the mouth of a deep gorge running out of the Zanskar Range and across the Indus. It is directly opposite Thikse Monastery.-History:Founded in...
    
    
  • Mulbekh Monastery
    Mulbekh Monastery
    Mulbekh Monastery or Mulbekh Gompa is said to consist of two gompas, one Drukpa and one Gelugpa Buddhist monastery in the Zanskar region in the state of Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir in northern India.-Description:...
    
    
  • Namgyal Tsemo Monastery
    Namgyal Tsemo Monastery
    Namgyal Tsemo Monastery or Namgyal Tsemo Gompa is a Buddhist monastery in Leh district, Ladakh, northern India.Founded in 1430 by King Tashi Namgyal of Ladakh, it has a three-story high gold idol of Maitreya Buddha and ancient manuscripts and frescoes....
    
    
  • Phugtal Monastery
    Phugtal Monastery
    Phugtal Monastery or Phugtal Gompa is a monastery in south-eastern Zanskar, Ladakh in northern India....
    
    
  • Phyang Monastery
    Phyang Monastery
    Phyang Monastery, Phyang Gompa is a Buddhist monastery located just 15 or 16 kilometres west of Leh in Ladakh, northern India...
    
    
  • Rangdum Monastery
    Rangdum Monastery
    Rangdum Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery belonging to the Gelugpa sect, situated on top of a small but steep sugarloaf hill at an altitude of 3,657 m at the head of the Suru Valley, in Ladakh...
    
    
  • Rizong Monastery
  • Sani Monastery
    Sani Monastery
    Sani Monastery , Sa-ni-[tshog], is located next to the village of Sani where the Stod Valley broadens into the central plain of Zanskar in Jammu and Kashmir in northern India. It is about 6 km to the northwest of the regional centre of Padum, a gentle two hour walk...
    
    
  • Sankar Monastery
    Sankar Monastery
    Sankar Monastery, or Sankar Gompa is a Buddhist monastery within an easy half-hour walk from Leh in Ladakh, northern India. It is a daughter-establishment of Spituk Monastery and the residence of the Abbot of Spituk, the Venerable Kushok Bakula, who is the senior incarnate lama of Ladakh due to his...
    
    
  • Shey Monastery
  • Spituk Monastery
    Spituk Monastery
    Spituk Monastery or Spituk Gompa is a Buddhist monastery in Leh district, Ladakh, northern India, 8 kilometres from Leh. It was founded by Od-de, the elder brother of Lha Lama Changchub Od in the 11th Century...
    
    
  • Stakna Monastery
    Stakna Monastery
    Stakna Monastery or Stakna Gompa is a Buddhist monastery of the Drugpa sect in Leh district, Ladakh, northern India, 21 or 25 kilometres from Leh on the right bank of the Indus River....
    
    
  • Stok Monastery
    Stok Monastery
    Stok Monastery or Stok Gompa or Palace is a Buddhist monastery in Leh district, Ladakh, northern India, 15 kilometres south of Leh. It was founded by Lama Lhawang Lotus in the 14th Century and has a notable library including all 108 volumes of the Kangjur. A ritual dance-mask festival is held...
    
    
  • Stongdey Monastery
    Stongdey Monastery
    Stongdey Monastery, often written Stongde, Stongday, Tonday or Thonde, is a flourishing Buddhist monastery in Zanskar, Jammu and Kashmir, northern India, approximately 18 km north of Padum, on the road to Zangla, India ....
    
    
  • Sumda Chun
    Sumda Chun
    Temple at Sumda Chung, an early Tibetan Buddhist temple and monastery is located in the Sumda Chung village, a remote part of the Himalayas....
    
    
  • Takthok Monastery
    Takthok Monastery
    Takthok Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Sakti village in Ladakh, northern India, located approximately 46 kilometres east of Leh. The name Takthok, literally meaning 'rock-roof' was named because both its roof as well as walls are made up of rock...
    
    
  • Thikse Monastery
  • Zangla Monastery
    Zangla Monastery
    Zangla Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in the village of Tsa-zar near Zangla, Zanskar, Kargil district, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, northern India....
    
    

Madhya Pradesh

• Deur Kothar
  Deur Kothar
  Deorkothar is a location of archeological importance in Madhya Pradesh, Central India...
  
  
• Dharmrajeshwar
  Dharmrajeshwar
  Dharmrajeshwar is an ancient Buddhist and Hindu cave temple site of 4th-5th Century in Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh, India. It is an example of Indian rock-cut architecture, situated in Garoth tahsil of Mandsaur district at a distance of 4 km from Chandwasa town and 106 km from...
  
  
• Sanchi
  Sanchi
  Sanchi is a small village in Raisen District of the state of Madhya Pradesh, India, it is located 46 km north east of Bhopal, and 10 km from Besnagar and Vidisha in the central part of the state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the location of several Buddhist monuments dating from the 3rd...
  
  

Maharahstra

• Ajanta Caves
• Aurangabad Caves
  Aurangabad Caves
  The Aurangabad caves are 12 artificial rock-cut Buddhist shrines located on a hill running roughly east to west, nearly 2 km north from Bibi Ka Maqbara in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. The first reference of Aurangabad Caves is cited in the big Chaitya of Kanheri. The Aurangabad Caves were dug...
  
  
• Bedse Caves
  Bedse Caves
  Bedse Caves are situated in Maval taluka, Pune District, Maharashtra, India.The history of the caves can be traced back up to 1st century B.C. There are two main caves. The best known cave is the chaitya with comparatively large stupa, the other cave is monastery - vihara...
  
  
• Bhaja Caves
  Bhaja Caves
  Bhaja Caves are a group of 22 rock-cut caves dating back to 200 BC located at Karli, near Lonavala, Maharashtra. The location of Bhaja caves is not far from location of Karla Caves and these are stylistically similar to the Karla Caves...
  
  
• Deekshabhoomi
  Deekshabhoomi
  Deekshabhoomi is a sacred monument of Buddhism at the place where Babasaheb Ambedkar converted to Buddhism along with his about 380,000 followers on October 14, 1956. Ambedkar's conversion to Buddhism is still a guidance for the masses in India....
  
  
• Ellora Caves
  Ellora Caves
  Ellora is an archaeological site, from the city of Aurangabad in the Indian state of Maharashtra built by the Rashtrakuta dynasty . Well-known for its monumental caves, Ellora is a World Heritage Site. Ellora represents the epitome of Indian rock-cut architecture. The 34 "caves" – actually...
  
  
• Ghorawadi Caves
  Ghorawadi caves
  The Ghorawadi caves, also known as Ghorawdeshwar, are located near Dehu Road, around 40 km from Pune on the Pune–Mumbai NH4 highway. These caves are not as popular as the Karli, Bhaje and Bedse Caves, but this place is worth seeing...
  
  
• Jogeshwari Caves
  Jogeshwari Caves
  The Jogeshwari Caves are some of the earliest Buddhist cave temples sculptures located in the Mumbai suburb of Jogeshwari, India. The caves date back to 520 to 550 CE. The caves are located off the Western Express Highway, and are surrounded by encroachments. The caves are used as a temple by the...
  
  
• Kanheri Caves
  Kanheri Caves
  The Kanheri Caves are a group of rock-cut monuments, located north of Borivali on the western outskirts of Mumbai, India, deep within the green forests of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park. It is 6 km from the National Park Main Gate & 7 km from Borivali Station. Tourists can go in after...
  
  
• Karla Caves
  Karla Caves
  The Karla Caves or Karle Caves are a complex of ancient Indian Buddhist rock-cut cave shrines developed over two periods – from the 2nd century BC to the 2nd century AD, and from the 5th century to the 10th century. The oldest of the cave shrines is believed to date back to 160 BC...
  
  
• Mahakali Caves
  Mahakali Caves
  The Mahakali Caves are a group of 19 rock-cut monuments built between 1st century BCE and 6th century CE....
  
  
• Pandavleni Caves
  Pandavleni Caves
  Pandav Leni, , are a group of 24 - 30, 1200-year-old Hinayana Buddhist caves. These were built by various Buddhist kings as homes for the saints. Most of the caves are Viharas except for the 18th cave which is a Chaitya...
  
  

Orissa

• Brahmani temple
  Brahmani temple
  Brahmani temple is a Hindu and Buddhist temple located in Avana, Baleswar, Orissa, India built in the 10th – 11th centuries A.D. It is a living temple and the presiding deity is an eight armed three faced Chamunda image. It is a protected monument of Orissa State Archaeology.-Location:It is...
  
  
• Dhauli
  Dhauli
  Dhauli hills are located on the banks of the river Daya, 8 km south of Bhubaneswar in Orissa . It is a hill with vast open space adjoining it, and has major Edicts of Ashoka engraved on a mass of rock, by the side of the road leading to the summit of the hill...
  
  
• Lalitgiri
  Lalitgiri
  Lalitgiri is a Buddhist complex in Orissa comprising major stupas and monasteries , similar to Ratnagiri and, together with Ratnagiri and Udayagiri, part of Puspagiri University....
  
  
• Marichi temple
• Puspagiri Mahavihara
• Ratnagiri (Orissa)
  Ratnagiri (Orissa)
  Ratnagiri was once the site of a mahavihara, or major Buddhist monastery, in the Brahmani and Birupa river valley in Jajpur district of Orissa, India...
  
  
• Udayagiri (Orissa)
  Udayagiri (Orissa)
  Udayagiri is a Buddhist complex in Orissa composed of major stupas and monasteries , similar to Ratnagiri, and together with Lalitgiri and Ratnagiri part of Puspagiri University. As per epigraphical artifacts found here, its historical name was “Madhavapura Mahavihara.”Numerous excavations by the...
  
  
• Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves
  Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves
  Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves are partly natural and partly artificial caves of archaeological, historical and religious importance near the city of Bhubaneswar in Orissa, India. The caves are situated on two hills Udayagiri and Khandagiri, mentioned as Kumari Parvat in Hathigumpha inscription...
  
  

Sikkim

• Dubdi Monastery
  Dubdi Monastery
  Dubdi Monastery, occasionally called Yuksom Monastery is a Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism near Yuksom, in the Geyzing subdivision of West Sikkim district, in northeastern India....
  
  
• Enchey Monastery
  Enchey Monastery
  The Enchey Monastery was established in 1909 above Gangtok, the capital city of Sikkim in the Northeastern Indian state. It belongs to the Nyingma order of Vajrayana Buddhism. The monastery built around the then small hamlet of Gangtok became a religious centre...
  
  
• Pemayangtse Monastery
  Pemayangtse Monastery
  The Pemayangtse Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Pemayangtse, near Pelling in the northeastern Indian state of Sikkim, located west of Gangtok. Planned, designed and founded by Lama Lhatsun Chempo in 1705, it is one of the oldest and premier monasteries of Sikkim. It is not only one of the...
  
  
• Phensang Monastery
  Phensang Monastery
  Phensang Monastery is a Buddhist monastery of the Nyingmapa Order in Sikkim, India, 9 kilometres north of Gangtok. It was established in 1721 during the time of Jigme Pawo....
  
  
• Phodang Monastery
  Phodang Monastery
  Phodong Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in Sikkim, India. It is located 28 kilometres from Gangtok.It was built in the early 18th century but an older monastery had pre-existed the current one....
  
  
• Ralang Monastery
  Ralang Monastery
  Ralang Monastery is a Buddhist monastery of the Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism in southern Sikkim, northeastern India. It is located six kilometres from Ravangla....
  
  
• Rumtek Monastery
  Rumtek Monastery
  Rumtek , also called the Dharmachakra Centre, is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery located in the Indian state of Sikkim near the capital Gangtok...
  
  
• Tashiding Monastery
  Tashiding Monastery
  Tashiding Monastery is a Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism in Western Sikkim, northeastern India. It is located on top of the hill rising between the Rathong chu and the Rangeet River, from Gyalshing and to the south east of Yuksam meaning Yuk-Lamas, Sam- Three in Lepcha...
  
  
• Tsuklakhang Palace
  Tsuklakhang Palace
  Tsuklakhang Palace or Tsuklakhang Royal Chapel and Monastery is a Buddhist palacial monastery in Gangtok, Sikkim, India.The Royal Chapel of the Chogyals is the main centre for prayers with an assembly hall in the centre and large depository of Buddhist scriptures and literature and contains altars...
  
  

Uttar Pradesh

• Chaukhandi Stupa
  Chaukhandi Stupa
  Chaukhandi Stupa is an important Buddhist stupa in Sarnath, located 13 kilometres from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Stupas are descendents of burial mounds and serve as a shrine for a relic of the Buddha.-History:...
  
  
• Dhamek Stupa
  Dhamek Stupa
  Dhamek Stupa is a massive stupa located at Sarnath, 13 km away from Varanasi in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India....
  
  
• Jetavana
  Jetavana
  Jetavana was one of the most famous of the Buddhist monasteries in India. It was the second monastery donated to Gautama Buddha, after the Veluvana in Rajagaha. Jetavana is located just outside the old city of Savatthi...
  
  , Sravasti
  Sravasti
  Śrāvastī or Sāvatthī , a city of ancient India, was one of the six largest cities in India during Gautama Buddha's lifetime. The city was located in the fertile Gangetic plains in the present day Gonda District of Uttar Pradesh near Balrampur some 120 km north of Lucknow...
  
  
• Kushinagar
  Kushinagar
  Kushinagar , Kusinagar or Kusinara is a town and a nagar panchayat in Kushinagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is an important Buddhist pilgrimage site, where Gautama Buddha is believed to have attained Parinirvana after his death.-Demographics: India census, Kushinagar had a...
  
  
• Sarnath
  Sarnath
  Sarnath or Sārnātha is the deer park where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma, and where the Buddhist Sangha came into existence through the enlightenment of Kondanna. Sarnath is located 13 kilometres north-east of Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh, India...
  
  
• Varanasi
  Varanasi
  -Etymology:The name Varanasi has its origin possibly from the names of the two rivers Varuna and Assi, for the old city lies in the north shores of the Ganga bounded by its two tributaries, the Varuna and the Asi, with the Ganges being to its south...
  
  

West Bengal

• Darjeeling district
  Darjeeling district
  Darjeeling District is the northernmost district of the state of West Bengal in eastern India in the foothills of the Himalayas. The district is famous for its beautiful hill stations and Darjeeling tea. Darjeeling is the district headquarters...
  
  
  • Bhutia Busty Monastery
    Bhutia Busty monastery
    Bhutia Busty monastery or Karmaa Dorjee Chyoling monastery is a Buddhist monastery located in Darjeeling, India. It belongs to the Red Sect of Buddhist Lamas.-History:...
    
    , Darjeeling
  • Ghum Monastery, Darjeeling
  • Mag-Dhog Yolmowa Monastery
    Mag-Dhog Yolmowa Monastery
    Mag-Dhog Yolmowa Monastery is a Buddhist monastery in the town of Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal. The monastery is also known as "Aloobari" monastery after the locality it is located in...
    
    , Darjeeling
  • Tharpa Choling Monastery
    Tharpa Choling Monastery
    Brief History of Gaden Tharpa Choling MonasteryGaden Tharpa Choling Monastery is a Gelugpa monastery situated at the hilltop in Kalimpong. The monastery was founded by Domo Geshe Rinpoche Ngawang Kalsang in 1912. History says that Domo Geshe Rinpoche lived in Kalimpong in 1906’s when he came to...
    
    , Kalimpong
  • Zang Dhok Palri Phodang
    Zang Dhok Palri Phodang
    thumb|250px|right|The Zang Dhok Palri Phodong monastery atop Durpin Hill.Zang Dhok Palri Phodang is a Buddhist monastery in Kalimpong in West Bengal, India. The monastery is located atop Durpin Hill, one of the two hills of the town...
    
    , Kalimpong

Yogyakarta

• Candi Borobudur
  Borobudur
  Borobudur, or Barabudur, is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist monument near Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues...
  
  
• Candi Kalasan
  Candi Kalasan
  Kalasan , also known as Candi Kalibening, is an 8th century Buddhist temple in Indonesia. It is located 13 km east of Yogyakarta on the way to Prambanan temple, on the south side of the main road 'Jalan Solo' between Yogyakarta and Surakarta....
  
  
• Candi Mendut
• Candi Pawon
• Candi Plaosan
  Candi Plaosan
  Candi Plaosan, also known as the 'Plaosan Complex', is one of the Buddhist temples located in Bugisan village, Prambanan district, Central Java, Indonesia....
  
  
• Candi Sewu
  Candi Sewu
  Sewu is an 8th-century Buddhist temple located 800 meters north of Prambanan in Central Java. Candi Sewu is actually the second largest Buddhist Temple in Central Java after Borobudur. Candi Sewu predates "Loro Jonggrang"...
  
  

Hyōgo

• Chōkō-ji
  Choko-ji
  Chōkō-ji is a Buddhist temple, in Yashiro, Hyōgo, Japan.-History:According to the official record of the temple, this temple was originally constructed on the Mount Gongen in the 7th century, by Hodo-Shonin. In 1185, the temple moved to today's place...
  
  
• Engyō-ji
  Engyo-ji
  The is a temple of the Tendai sect in Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan. It was founded by Shoku Shonin in 966.The complex of buildings is at the top of Mt Shosha and can be reached by Mt. Shosha Ropeway, and is often visited by pilgrims. Scenes from The Last Samurai were filmed here.The Kansai Kannon...
  
  
• Ichijō-ji
  Ichijō-ji
  The is a temple of the Tendai sect in Kasai, Hyōgo, Japan.It was established by Emperor Kōtoku's instruction in 650.The pagoda at Ichijō-ji completed in 1171 is a National Treasure of Japan.The architectural style is that of ....
  
  
• Jōdo-ji in Ono
  Jōdo-ji (Ono)
  The is a temple of the Shingon sect in Ono, Hyōgo, Japan.It was established by Chōgen in 1190 - 1198.Jōdo-ji's Jōdodō completed in 1194 is a National Treasure of Japan.The architecture is in the Daibutsu style that combines Japanese and Chinese elements....
  
  
• Kakurin-ji in Kakogawa
  Kakurin-ji (Kakogawa)
  The is a temple of the Tendai sect in Kakogawa, Hyōgo, Japan.It was established by Prince Shōtoku's instruction in 589.Kakurin-ji's Taishidō completed in 1112, and Main Hall was completed in 1397. Both are National Treasures of Japan.- Building list :...
  
  
• Sagami-ji
  Sagami-ji
  , is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Kasai, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Its mountain name is Senjōsan . Emperor Shōmu ordered its construction in the 17th year of the Tenpyō era , at the request of Gyōki, a Buddhist priest.- History :...
  
  
• Taisan-ji in Kobe
  Taisan-ji (Kobe)
  is a temple of the Tendai sect in Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan.It was established by Empress Genshō's instruction in 716.Taisan-ji's Main Hall completed in 1293 is a National Treasure of Japan.- Building list :...
  
  

Kagawa

• Motoyama-ji
  Motoyama-ji
  The is a temple of the Kōyasan Shingon-shū sect in Mitoyo, Kagawa, Japan.It was established by Emperor Heizei's instruction in 807. Hayagriva is a principal image now.Motoyama-ji's Main Hall completed in 1300 is a National Treasure of Japan....
  
  
• Zentsu-ji
  Zentsū-ji
  The is a temple of the Shingon sect in Zentsūji, Kagawa, Japan.It was established by Zentsū Saeki who was Kūkai's father in 813.The east academy and the west academy exist un Zentsu-ji precincts. The west academy is Kūkai's birthplace....
  
  

Kyoto

• Adashino Nembutsu-ji
  Adashino Nembutsu-ji
  is a Buddhist temple in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan. In 811 Kūkai is said to have founded a temple, then Honen altered it to the present Nenbutsuji. Situated high on a hill overlooking the city from the northwest, it sits in an area where since the Heian period people have abandoned the bodies of the...
  
  
• Byōdō-in
  Byodo-in
  is a Buddhist temple in the city of Uji in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It is jointly a temple of the Jōdo-shū and Tendai-shū sects.- History :...
  
  
• Chion-in (Head temple of the Jodo Shu
  Jodo Shu
  , also known as Jōdo Buddhism, is a branch of Pure Land Buddhism derived from the teachings of the Japanese ex-Tendai monk Hōnen. It was established in 1175 and is the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan, along with Jōdo Shinshū....
  
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• Daigo-ji
  Daigo-ji
  is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Japan. Its main devotion is Yakushi. Daigo, literally "ghee," is used figuratively to mean "crème de la crème" and is a metaphor of the most profound part of Buddhist thoughts.- History :...
  
  
• Daikaku-ji
  Daikaku-ji
  is a Shingon Buddhist temple in Ukyō-ku, a western ward in the city of Kyoto, Japan. The main images are of the Five Wisdom Kings, centered on Fudō. It was a villa of Emperor Saga, and later, retired Emperor Go-Uda conducted his cloistered rule from here. A school of ikebana, the Saga Goryū,...
  
  
• Daitoku-ji
  Daitoku-ji
  is a Buddhist temple, one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Japanese Zen. It is located in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan. The "mountain name" , who is known by the title Daitō Kokushi, or "National Teacher of the Great Lamp," that he was given by Emperor Go-Daigo...
  
  
• Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji
  Eikan-do Zenrin-ji
  For other temples by similar names, see Zenrin-ji.Eikan-dō Zenrin-ji is the head temple for the Seizan branch of Japan's Jōdo shū Buddhist sect, located in the town of Eikandō, in Kyoto's Sakyō-ku...
  
  
• Ginkaku-ji
  Ginkaku-ji
  , the "Temple of the Silver Pavilion," is a Zen temple in the Sakyo ward of Kyoto, Japan. It is one of the construction that represents the Higashiyama Culture of Muromachi period....
  
   (Temple of the Silver Pavilion)
• Higashi-Honganji (One of two head temples of the Jodo Shinshu
  Jodo Shinshu
  , also known as Shin Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism. It was founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran. Today, Shin Buddhism is considered the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan.-Shinran :...
  
   Buddhist sect)
• Kinkaku-ji
  Kinkaku-ji
  , also known as , is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. The garden complex is an excellent example of Muromachi period garden design. It is designated as a National Special Historic Site and a National Special Landscape, and it is one of 17 locations comprising the Historic Monuments of Ancient...
  
   (Rokuonji, Deer Garden Temple, Temple of the Golden Pavilion)
• Kiyomizu-dera
  Kiyomizu-dera
  , officially is an independent Buddhist temple in eastern Kyoto. The temple is part of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto UNESCO World Heritage site...
  
  
• Kōzan-ji
  Kozan-ji
  , or , is an Omuro Buddhist temple located in Ume-ga-hata Toganoo-chō, Ukyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan. The temple was founded by famous monk Myōe and is renowned for its numerous national treasures and important cultural properties, in particular the famous picture scroll called Chōjū-giga. The temple...
  
  
• Mampuku-ji
  Mampuku-ji
  is a temple located in Uji, Kyoto. It is the head temple of the Japanese Ōbaku Zen sect, named after Wanfu Temple in Fujian, China. The mountain is likewise named after Mount Huangbo, where the Chinese temple is situated.-History:...
  
   (Ōbaku
  Obaku (school of Buddhism)
  The , is , one of three sects of Zen in Japanese Buddhism.-History:Often termed the third sect of Zen Buddhism in Japan, it was established in 1661 by a small faction of masters from China and their Japanese students at Manpuku-ji in Uji, Japan.Today Manpuku-ji serves as the Ōbaku's head temple,...
  
   temple at Uji)
• Myoshin-ji
  Myoshin-ji
  is a temple complex in Kyoto, Japan. The Myōshin-ji school of Rinzai Zen Buddhism is the largest school in Rinzai Zen. This particular school contains within it more than three thousand temples throughout Japan, along with nineteen monasteries. The head temple was founded in the year 1342 by the...
  
  
• Nishi-Honganji (One of two head temples of the Jodo Shinshu
  Jodo Shinshu
  , also known as Shin Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism. It was founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran. Today, Shin Buddhism is considered the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan.-Shinran :...
  
   Buddhist sect)
• Nanzen-ji
  Nanzen-ji
  , or Zuiryusan Nanzen-ji, formerly , is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan. Emperor Kameyama established it in 1291 on the site of his previous detached palace. It is also the headquarters of the Nanzen-ji branch of Rinzai Zen...
  
  
• Ninna-ji
  Ninna-ji
  is the head temple of the Omuro school of the Shingon Sect of Buddhism. Located in western Kyoto, Japan, it was founded in AD 888 by the retired Emperor Uda. It is part of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto", a UNESCO World Heritage Site.-History:...
  
  
• Ryoan-ji
  Ryoan-ji
  is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. Belonging to the Myoshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism, the temple and karesansui garden is one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, a UNESCO World Heritage Site....
  
  
• Saihō-ji
  Saiho-ji
  is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple located in Matsuo, Nishikyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan. The temple, which is famed for its moss garden, is commonly referred to as , meaning "moss temple", and is also known as . The temple, primarily constructed to honor Amitabha, was first founded by Gyōki and was later...
  
  
• Sanjusangendo
• Tenryū-ji
  Tenryu-ji
  —more formally known as —is the head temple of the Tenryū branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism, located in Susukinobaba-chō, Ukyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan. The temple was founded by Ashikaga Takauji in 1339, primarily to venerate Gautama Buddha, and its first chief priest was Musō Soseki. Construction was...
  
   (major temple of the Rinzai school)
• Tōfuku-ji
  Tofuku-ji
  is a Buddhist temple in Higashiyama-ku in Kyoto, Japan. Tōfuku-ji takes its name from two temples in Nara, Tōdai-ji and Kōfuku-ji. It is one of the so-called Kyoto Gozan or "five great Zen temples of Kyoto". Its honorary sangō prefix is .-History:...
  
  
• To-ji
  To-ji
  is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect in Kyoto, Japan. Its name means East Temple, and it once had a partner, Sai-ji . They stood alongside the Rashomon, the gate to the Heian capital. It is formally known as which indicates that it previously functioned as a temple providing protection for the...
  
  

Nara

• Asuka-dera
  Asuka-dera
  ', also known as ', is a Buddhist temple in Asuka, Nara. Asuka-dera is regarded as one of the oldest in Japan.-Temple complex:A number of records refer to the origin of the temple, such as the Nihongi and Fusō-ryakuki...
  
  
• Gangō-ji
  Gango-ji
  is an ancient Buddhist temple, that was once one of the powerful Nanto Shichi Daiji, in Nara, Japan.-History:The original foundation of the temple was by Soga no Umako in Asuka, as Asuka-dera...
  
  
• Hase-dera
  Hase-dera
  thumb|240px|The Main Hall is the main temple of the Buzan sect of Shingon Buddhism. The temple is located in Sakurai, Nara, Japan.-Overview:According to the description on , the temple was first built in 686 and dedicated to Emperor Temmu, who was suffering from a disease...
  
  
• Hokke-ji
  Hokke-ji
  , is a Buddhist temple located in the city of Nara, Japan.Hokke-ji was built by Empress Kōmyō in 745, originally as a nunnery temple on the grounds where previously her father Fujiwara no Fuhito's mansion stood. According to records kept by the temple, the initial construction went on until around...
  
  
• Hōki-ji
• Hōryū-ji
  Hōryū-ji
  is a Buddhist temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its full name is Hōryū Gakumonji , or Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law, the complex serving as seminary and monastery both....
  
  
• Kimpusen-ji
  Kimpusen-ji
  is the head temple of the Shugendō religion in Yoshino district, Nara prefecture, Japan.According to tradition, it was founded by En no Ozunu, the founder of Shugendō, a form of mountain asceticism drawing from Buddhist and Shinto beliefs....
  
  
• Kōfuku-ji
  Kofuku-ji
  is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The temple is the national headquarters of the Hossō school and is one of the eight Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.-History:...
  
  
• Ōminesan-ji
  Mount Omine
  , is a sacred mountain in Nara, Japan, famous for its three tests of courage.Officially known as , it is more popularly known as Mount Ōmine due to its prominence in the Ōmine mountain range...
  
  
• Saidai-ji
  Saidai-ji
  Saidai-ji or the "Great Western Temple" is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The temple was established in AD 765 as a counterpart to Tōdai-ji and it is the main temple of the Shingon Risshu sect of Buddhism after the sect's founder, Eison, took over administration in...
  
  
• Murō-ji
  Murō-ji
  is a temple of Omoto school of Shingon Buddhism, located in the city of Uda, Nara, Japan.Murō-ji shows its typical aspect of Shingon Buddhism, with its buildings laid on the mountainside of .Unlike many temples of the time, Murō-ji was opened to females...
  
  
• Shin-Yakushi-ji
  Shin-Yakushi-ji
  is a Buddhist temple of the Kegon sect in Nara, Japan. It was founded in 747 by Empress Kōmyō. Initially a large complete Shichidō garan temple, it suffered from fire damage and deteriorated during the Heian period. The temple was revived during the Kamakura period. Only one building, the present...
  
  
• Taima-dera
  Taima-dera
  Taima-dera is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan built originally in 612 by the Imperial Prince Maroko, the brother of Prince Shotoku. The temple was moved to its present location in 681 by the grandson of Prince Maroko, and serves as the head temple, or honzan of the now-defunct Hosso sect...
  
  
• Tōdai-ji
  Todai-ji
  , is a Buddhist temple complex located in the city of Nara, Japan. Its Great Buddha Hall , the largest wooden building in the world, houses the world's largest bronze statue of the Buddha Vairocana, known in Japanese simply as Daibutsu . The temple also serves as the Japanese headquarters of the ...
  
  
• Tōshōdai-ji
  Toshodai-ji
  Tōshōdai-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Ritsu sect in the city of Nara, in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The Classic Golden Hall, also known as the kondō, has a single story, hipped tiled roof with a seven bay wide facade. It is considered the archetype of "classical style."It was founded by a Chinese...
  
  
• Yakushi-ji
  Yakushi-ji
  is one of the most famous imperial and ancient Buddhist temples in Japan, located in Nara. The temple is the headquarters of the Hossō school of Japanese Buddhism...
  
  

Shiga

• Enryaku-ji
  Enryaku-ji
  thumb|300px|Konpon Chū-dō , Enryaku-ji's main hall is a Tendai monastery located on Mount Hiei in Ōtsu, overlooking Kyoto. It was founded during the early Heian period. The temple complex was established by Saichō , also known as Dengyō Daishi, who introduced the Tendai sect of Mahayana Buddhism...
  
   (Temple complex on a mountain northeast of the city)
• Ishiyama-dera
  Ishiyama-dera
  is a Shingon temple in Ōtsu in Japan's Shiga Prefecture. It was constructed around 762 CE, and is said to have been founded by Rōben. The temple contains a number of cultural assets...
  
  
• Mii-dera
  Mii-dera
  ', formally called ', is a Buddhist temple located at the foot of Mount Hiei, in the city of Ōtsu, in Shiga Prefecture. It is only a short distance from both Kyoto, and Lake Biwa, Japan's largest lake. The head temple of the Tendai Jimon sect, it is something of a sister temple to Enryakuji, at...
  
  

Tokyo

• Kan'ei-ji
  Kan'ei-ji
  -External links:** * National Diet Library: ; *...
  
  
• Sensō-ji
  Senso-ji
  is an ancient Buddhist temple located in Asakusa, Taitō, Tokyo. It is Tokyo's oldest temple, and one of its most significant. Formerly associated with the Tendai sect, it became independent after World War II. Adjacent to the temple is a Shinto shrine, the Asakusa Shrine.- History :The temple is...
  
  
• Shōfuku-ji in Higashimurayama
  Shofuku-ji (Higashimurayama)
  ' is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan. Its early 15th century Jizō hall is a registered National Treasure of Japan. It is considered to be the oldest intact building in Tokyo Prefecture and a unique example of Kamakura architecture....
  
  

Wakayama

• Chōhō-ji
  Chōhō-ji
  The is a temple of the Tendai sect in Kainan, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.It was established by Emperor Ichijō's instruction in 1000.Chōhō-ji's Main Hall, Pagoda and Daimon are National Treasure of Japan.- Building list :...
  
  
• Fudarakusan-ji
  Fudarakusan-ji
  is Tendai temple of the in Higashimuro district, Wakayama prefecture, Japan. It is said to have been founded by Ragyō Shōnin, a monk from India.In 2004, It was designated as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range.-External...
  
  
• Jison-in
  Jison-in
  is a Buddhist temple that marks the entrance to the pilgrimage route of Koyasan. It is part of the "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range" UNESCO World Heritage Site....
  
  
• Mount Kōya
  Mount Koya
  is the name of mountains in Wakayama Prefecture to the south of Osaka. Also, Kōya-san is a modifying word for Kongōbuji . There is no one mountain officially called Kōya-san in Japan....
  
   (Temple complex)
  • Kongōbu-ji
    Kongobu-ji
    Kongōbuji is the ecclesiastic head temple of Koyasan Shingon Buddhism, located on , Wakayama prefecture, Japan. Its name means Temple of the Diamond Mountain...
    
    
• Negoro-ji
  Negoro-ji
  The complex of Buddhist temples stands on the side of, and is surrounded by, the sacred peaks of the Katsuragi Mountains which dominate the horizon at the northern end of the city of Iwade, Wakayama in Japan....
  
  
• Seiganto-ji
  Seiganto-ji
  is a Tendai Buddhist temple in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. In 2004, it was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with other locations, under the name "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range". According to a legend, it was founded by the priest Ragyō Shōnin, a monk...
  
  

Seoul

• Bongeunsa
  Bongeunsa
  Bongeunsa is a Buddhist temple in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea. It was founded in 794 during the reign of King Wonseong by the monk Yeon-hoe, then the highest ranking monk of Silla, and originally named Kyongseoungsa. It is located on the slope of Sudo Mountain in Samseong-dong, across the street...
  
  
• Bongwonsa
  Bongwon Temple
  Bongwon Temple is a South Korean Buddhist temple in Bongwon-dong, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul near Yonsei University.Situated to the northeast of the university on the hillside of Ahn Mountain, this is the head temple of the Taego Order of Korean Buddhism...
  
  
• Jogyesa
  Jogyesa
  Jogyesa is the chief temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, becoming so in 1936. It thus plays a leading role in the current state of Seon Buddhism in South Korea...
  
  

Gangwon

• Sinheungsa
  Sinheungsa
  Sinheungsa, sometimes spelled Shinheungsa, is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It is situated on the slopes of Seoraksan in Sokcho, Gangwon Province, South Korea....
  
  
• Oseam
  Oseam
  Oseam is a 2003 South Korean drama/religious animation directed by Sung Baek-yeop. It is based on a novel by Korean author Jeong Chae-bong, who has described it as being a fairy tale for adults. The title means “Five year old temple.”...
  
  
• Woljeongsa
  Woljeongsa
  Woljeongsa is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, located on the eastern slopes of Odaesan in Pyeongchang County, Gangwon Province, South Korea...
  
  
• Naksansa
  Naksansa
  Naksansa or Naksan Temple is a Korean Buddhist temple complex in the Jogye order of Korean Buddhism that stands on the slopes of Naksan Mountain . It is located about midway between Sokcho and Yangyang, Gawngwon Province, eastern region of South Korea...
  
  

North Gyeongsang

• Donghwasa
  Donghwasa
  Donghwasa, also Donghwa Temple, is a Buddhist temple of the Jogye Order in northern Daegu, South Korea. The temple is located on the slopes of Palgongsan, within the boundaries of Dohak-dong, Dong-gu, near Daegu's northern border. It is the seat of the 9th region of the Jogye Order. The name...
  
  
• Bulguksa
  Bulguksa
  Bulguksa is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism in the North Gyeongsang province in South Korea. It is home to seven National treasures of South Korea, including Dabotap and Seokgatap stone pagodas, Cheongun-gyo , and two gilt-bronze statues of Buddha. The temple is classified as...
  
   (including Seokguram
  Seokguram
  The Seokguram Grotto is a hermitage and part of the Bulguksa temple complex. It lies four kilometers east of the temple on Mt. Tohamsan, in Gyeongju, South Korea. It is classified as National Treasure No. 24 by the South Korean government and is located at 994, Jinhyeon-dong, Gyeongju-si,...
  
  )
• Hwangnyongsa
  Hwangnyongsa
  Hwangnyongsa, or Hwangnyong Temple, is the name of a former Buddhist temple in the city of Gyeongju, South Korea. Built in the 6th century, it was the center of state-sponsored Buddhism during the Silla and Unified Silla eras...
  
  
• Jikjisa
  Jikjisa
  Jikjisa is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It is located on the slopes of Hwangaksan in Daehang-myeon, Gimcheon, in the province of Gyeongsangbuk-do. It may be one of the oldest temples in South Korea....
  
  

South Gyeongsang

• Ssanggyesa
  Ssanggyesa
  Ssanggyesa is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It is located on the southern slopes of Jirisan, southwest of sacred Samshin-bong Peak, in the Hwagye-dong Valley of Hwagae-myeon, Hadong County, in the province of Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea.The temple was founded in 722 by two...
  
  
• Tongdosa
  Tongdosa
  Tongdosa is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism and in the southern part of Mt...
  
   (one of the Three Jewel Temples
  Three Jewel Temples of Korea
  The Three Jewel Temples of Korea are the three principal Buddhist temples in Korea, each representing one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism, and all located in South Korea....
  
  )
• Haeinsa
  Haeinsa
  Haeinsa is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism in the Gaya Mountains , South Gyeongsang Province South Korea...
  
   (one of the Three Jewel Temples
  Three Jewel Temples of Korea
  The Three Jewel Temples of Korea are the three principal Buddhist temples in Korea, each representing one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism, and all located in South Korea....
  
  )
• Busan
  Busan
  Busan , formerly spelled Pusan is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. The Metropolitan area population is 4,399,515 as of 2010. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world...
  
  
• Beomeosa
  Beomeosa
  Beomeosa is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism in Cheongnyong-dong, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, South Korea. Built on the slopes of Geumjeongsan, it is one of the country's leading urban temples.- Origin :...
  
  

South Jeolla

• Songgwangsa
  Songgwangsa
  Songgwangsa , one of the three jewels of Korean Buddhism, is located in Jeollanam-do on the Korean Peninsula...
  
   (one of the Three Jewel Temples
  Three Jewel Temples of Korea
  The Three Jewel Temples of Korea are the three principal Buddhist temples in Korea, each representing one of the Three Jewels of Buddhism, and all located in South Korea....
  
  )
• Hwaeomsa
  Hwaeomsa
  Hwaeomsa is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It is located on the slopes of Jiri-san, in Masan-myeon, Gurye County, in the province of Jeollanam-do, South Korea...
  
  

Kuala Lumpur

• Buddhist Maha Vihara, Brickfields
  Buddhist Maha Vihara, Brickfields
  Buddhist Maha Vihara, Brickfields is a Buddhist site founded by the Sinhalese community based in the areas surrounding Kuala Lumpur to provide a place of worship in the Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist tradition. It is also commonly known as the Brickfields Buddhist Temple...
  
  
• Thai Buddhist Chetawan Temple
• Thean Hou Temple
  Thean Hou Temple
  The Thean Hou Temple is a landmark six-tiered Chinese temple in Kuala Lumpur. It is located on a 1.67 acres of land atop Robson Heights along Lorong Bellamy, overlooking Jalan Syed Putra . It was completed in 1987 and officially opened in 1989...
  
  

Penang

• Kek Lok Si Temple （槟城极乐寺）
• Dhammikarama Burmese Temple, Burmah Lane
  Dhammikarama Burmese Temple, Burmah Lane
  Dhamikarama Burmese Temple in Penang is the temple enjoys the prestige of being the first Burmese Buddhist Temple in Malaysia. As the first Buddhist temple to be built in Penang back in 1803, Dhammikarama is a temple filled with striking features and rich past.It provides a historical evidence of...
  
  
• Wat Chaiya Mangkalaram, Burmah Lane
• Kuan Yin Temple
• Snake Temple
  Snake Temple
  The Snake Temple is situated in Sungai Kluang, Bayan Lepas, Penang, Malaysia and is perhaps the only temple of its kind in the world. The temple is filled with the smoke of burning incense and a variety of pit vipers...
  
  

Yangon Region

Yangon

Yangon

Yangon is a former capital of Burma and the capital of Yangon Region . Although the military government has officially relocated the capital to Naypyidaw since March 2006, Yangon, with a population of over four million, continues to be the country's largest city and the most important commercial...

 (Rangoon)

• Botahtaung Pagoda
  Botahtaung Pagoda
  The Botataung Pagoda is a famous pagoda located in downtown Yangon, Myanmar, near the Yangon river. The pagoda was first built by the Mon around the same time as was Shwedagon Pagoda—according to local belief, over 2500 years ago, and was known as Kyaik-de-att in Mon language...
  
  
• Kaba Aye Pagoda (World Peace Pagoda)
• Shwedagon Pagoda
• Sule Pagoda
  Sule Pagoda
  The Sule Pagoda is a Burmese stupa located in the heart of downtown Yangon, occupying the centre of the city and an important space in contemporary Burmese politics, ideology and geography. According to legend, it was built before the Shwe Dagon pagoda during the time of the Buddha, making it more...
  
  

Mandalay Region

Bagan

Bagan

Bagan , formerly Pagan, is an ancient city in the Mandalay Region of Burma. Formally titled Arimaddanapura or Arimaddana and also known as Tambadipa or Tassadessa , it was the capital of several ancient kingdoms in Burma...

 (Pagan)

• Ananda Temple
  Ananda Temple
  The Ananda Temple , located in Bagan, Myanmar is a Buddhist temple built in 1105 AD during the reign of King Kyanzittha of the Pagan Dynasty. It is one of four surviving temples in Bagan...
  
  
• Bupaya Pagoda
  Bupaya Pagoda
  Bupaya Pagoda is a notable pagoda located in Bagan , in Myanmar, at a bend on the right bank of the Ayeyarwady River. The small pagoda, which has a bulbous shaped dome, is widely believed to have been built by the third King of Pagan Pyusawdi who ruled from 168 to 243 AD...
  
  
• Dhammayangyi Temple
  Dhammayangyi Temple
  Dhammayangyi Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Myanmar. Largest of all the temples in Bagan, the Dhammayan as it is popularly known was built during the reign of King Narathu...
  
  
• Dhammayazika Pagoda
  Dhammayazika Pagoda
  The Dhammayazika Pagoda is a Buddhist temple located in the village of Pwasaw in Burma. It was built in 1196 during the reign of King Narapatisithu. The pagoda is circular in esign, and is made of brick. Its three terraces contain terra cotta tiles illustrating scenes from the Jataka.-External...
  
  
• Gawdawpalin Temple
  Gawdawpalin Temple
  Gawdawpalin Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Burma. Construction of the pagoda began during the reign of Narapatisithu and completed during the reign of Htilominlo . Gawdawpalin Temple is the second tallest temple in Bagan. The temple is similar in layout to Thatbyinnyu Temple...
  
  
• Htilominlo Temple
  Htilominlo Temple
  Htilominlo Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan , in Burma/Myanmar, built during the reign of King Htilominlo in 1211. The temple is three stories tall, with a height of 46 metres , and built with red brick. It is also known for its elaborate plaster moldings...
  
  
• Lawkananda Pagoda
  Lawkananda Pagoda
  Lawkananda Pagoda is a Buddhist zedi located in Bagan, Burma . It was built during the reign of King Anawrahta, and contains a replica of a Buddha tooth relic. On 24 May 2003, a bejewelled umbrella was hoisted to the top of the pagoda....
  
  
• Mahabodhi Temple
  Mahabodhi Temple, Bagan
  The Mahabodhi Temple is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Burma. It was built in the mid-13th century during the reign of King Htilominlo, and is modelled after the Mahabodhi Temple, which is located in Bihar, India. The temple is built in an architectural style typical during the Gupta period,...
  
  
• Manuha Temple
  Manuha Temple
  Manuha Temple is a Buddhist temple built in Myinkaba , by captive Mon King Manuha in 1067, according to King Manuha's inscriptions. It is a rectangular building of two storeys. The building contains three images of seated Buddhas and an image of Buddha entering Nirvana...
  
  
• Mingalazedi Pagoda
  Mingalazedi Pagoda
  Mingalazedi Pagoda is a Buddhist stupa located in Bagan, Burma. It was built in 1284 during the reign of King Narathihapate. The pagoda is one of few temples in Bagan with a full set of glazed terra cotta tiles depicting the Jataka. The pagoda was built in brick and contains several terraces...
  
  
• Payathonzu Temple
  Payathonzu Temple
  The Payathonzu Temple is a Buddhist temple located in the village of Minnanthu in Burma. It is unique in the sense that the temple consists of three temples conjoined through narrow passages. The interior of the temple contains frescoes, believed to be Mahayana and Tantric in style. However, the...
  
  
• Shwegugyi Temple
  Shwegugyi Temple
  Shwegugyi Temple is a Buddhist temple built during the reign of King Alaungsithu in 1131. The temple itself is built on an expansive brick foundation 3 metres tall. The temple is known for its arched windows, and its history, which is inscribed in two stone slabs in Pali. According to its...
  
  
• Shwesandaw Pagoda
  Shwesandaw Pagoda
  The Shwesandaw Pagoda is a Buddhist pagoda located in Bagan, Burma. The pagoda contains a series of five terraces, topped with a cylindrical stupa, which has a bejewelled umbrella . The pagoda was built by King Anawrahta in 1057, and once contained terra cotta tiles depicting scenes from the Jataka...
  
  
• Shwezigon Pagoda
  Shwezigon Pagoda
  The Shwezigon Pagoda or Shwezigon Paya is a Buddhist temple located in Nyaung-U, a town near Bagan, in Burma . It is a prototype of Burmese stupas, and consists of a circular gold leaf-gilded stupa surrounded by smaller temples and shrines...
  
  
• Sulamani Temple
  Sulamani Temple
  The Sulamani Temple is a Buddhist temple located in the village of Minnanthu in Burma. The temple is one of the most-frequently visited in Bagan. It was built in 1183 by King Narapatisithu, and is similar to the Thatbyinnyu Temple in design. The Sulamani Temple also shows influence from the...
  
  
• Tharabha Gate
  Tharabha Gate
  Tharabha Gate is the primary gateway to Bagan , located to the east. It is one of the few remaining gates to the ancient city boundaries of Bagan. It consists of two brick-walled shrines, each opposing one another, of two guardian nats, named Min Mahagiri and Hnamadawgyi , who were executed by...
  
  
• Thatbyinnyu Temple
  Thatbyinnyu Temple
  Thatbyinnyu Temple is a famous temple located in Bagan , built in the mid-12th century during the reign of King Alaungsithu. It is adjacent to Ananda Temple. Thatbyinnyu Temple is shaped like a cross, but is not symmetrical. The temple has two primary storeys, with the seated Buddha image located...
  
  

Mandalay

Mandalay

Mandalay is the second-largest city and the last royal capital of Burma. Located north of Yangon on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, the city has a population of one million, and is the capital of Mandalay Region ....

• Atumashi Monastery
  Atumashi Monastery
  The Atumashi Monastery is a Buddhist monastery located in Mandalay, Myanmar . It was built in 1857 by King Mindon, two years after the capital was moved to Mandalay. The original monastery structure was built using teak, but burned down in 1890 after a fire in the city destroyed both the...
  
  
• Kuthodaw Pagoda
  Kuthodaw Pagoda
  Kuthodaw Pagoda is a Buddhist stupa, located in Mandalay, Burma , that contains the world's largest book. It lies at the foot of Mandalay Hill and was built during the reign of King Mindon. The stupa itself, which is gilded above its terraces, is high, and is modelled after the Shwezigon Pagoda...
  
  
• Mahamuni Buddha
  Mahamuni Buddha
  The Mahamuni Buddha Temple is a Buddhist temple and major pilgrimage site, located southwest of Mandalay, Burma . The Mahamuni Buddha image is deified in this temple, and originally came from Arakan...
  
  
• Shwenandaw Monastery
  Shwenandaw Monastery
  Shwenandaw Monastery is a historical monastery located near Mandalay Hill, Mandalay Division, Myanmar .- History :It was built by King Mindon in the 19th century. It is known for its teak carvings of Buddhist myths, which adorn its walls and roofs. The monastery is built in the traditional Burmese...
  
  

Rakhine State

• Shite-thaung Temple
  Shite-thaung Temple
  The Shite-thaung Temple ; also spelled Shittaung) is a famous temple in Mrauk U. The name means 'Temple of 80,000 Buddha Images', and is also known as the 'Temple of Victory'.-History:...
  
  
• Htukkanthein Temple
  Htukkanthein Temple
  HtukKanThein , is one of the most famous temples in the ancient Arakanese city of Mrauk U, in Rakhine State, Western Myanmar. The name means "Cross-Beam Ordination Hall"....
  
  
• Koe-thaung Temple
  Koe-thaung Temple
  Koe-Thaung is the largest temple in Mrauk U. The name means 'Temple of 90,000 Buddha Images'.The temple was built between 1553 and 1556 by King Dikkha, the son of King Min Bin.-References:...
  
  
• Andaw-thein Ordination Hall
  Andaw-thein Ordination Hall
  Andaw Thein , is a temple in Mrauk U located at the northwest corner of the Shite-thaung Temple. The name means 'Tooth Shrine'. It contains a tooth relic of the Buddha coming from Sri Lanka.It was built between 1515 and 1521 by Sajata.-References:...
  
  
• Le-myet-hna Temple
  Le-myet-hna Temple
  Le-myet-hna is a temple in Mrauk U located at the northwest corner of the Shite-thaung Temple. The name means 'Four-sided pagoda'. It has four entrances, one to each cardinal point and eight seated Buddhas round a central column....
  
  

Bago Region

Bago

Bago, Myanmar

Bago ; , ; Pha-Kho พะโค; formerly Pegu, is a city and the capital of Bago Division in Myanmar . It is located from Yangon.-History:...

• Shwethalyaung Buddha
  Shwethalyaung Buddha
  The Shwethalyaung Buddha is a reclining Buddha in the west side of Bago , Burma . The Buddha, which has a length of 55 m and a height of 16 m , is the second largest Buddha in the world, after the 74 m reclining Buddha in Dawei . The Buddha is believed to have been built in 994, during...
  
   (Reclining Buddha)
• Shwemawdaw Paya
  Shwemawdaw Paya
  The Shwemawdaw Paya is a stupa located in Bago, Myanmar. It is often referred to as the Golden God Temple. At 375 feet in height, the Shwemadaw holds the record for the tallest pagoda in the country although the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon is usually credited as the tallest pagoda in Myanmar...
  
  

Pyay

Pyay

Pyay is a town in the Bago Division in Burma. It has an estimated population of 123,800 . Pyay is positioned on the Ayeyarwady River and is northwest of Yangon....

• Shwesandaw Pagoda, Pyay
  Shwesandaw Pagoda, Pyay
  The Shwesandaw Pagoda, or Shwesandaw Paya, is a Buddhist pagoda in the center of Pyay, Burma. It is one of the more important Buddhist pilgrimage locations in Burma. It is said to contain a couple of the Buddha's hairs, as its name means Golden Hair Relic. It is one meter taller in height than...
  
  

Singapore

• Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Temple
  Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Temple
  The Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery , is located at 88 Bright Hill Road at Bishan. It is the largest Buddhist temple in Singapore.-History:...
  
  
• Thekchen Choling Tibetan Buddhist Temple
  Thekchen Choling
  "Thekchen Choling" is also the name of the Dalai Lama’s monastery in Dharamsala ....
  
  
• Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum
  Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum
  The Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum is a Buddhist temple and museum complex located in the Chinatown district of Singapore."The temple is based on the Tang dynasty architectural style and built to house the tooth relic of the historical Buddha. The ground breaking ceremony was conducted on 13...
  
  

Anuradhapura

• Atamasthana
  Atamasthana
  Atamasthana or Eight sacred places are a series of locations in Sri Lanka where the Buddha had visited during his three visits to the country. The sacred places are known as Jaya Sri Maha Bodhiya, Ruwanwelisaya, Thuparamaya, Lovamahapaya, Abhayagiri Dagaba, Jetavanarama, Mirisaveti Stupa and...
  
  , Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura, , is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of ancient Lankan civilization.The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic...
  
  
• Sri Maha Bodhiya, Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura, , is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of ancient Lankan civilization.The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic...
  
  
• Lovamahapaya
  Lovamahapaya
  Lovamahapaya is a building situated between Ruvanveliseya and Sri Mahabodiya in the ancient city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is also known as the Brazen Palace or Lohaprasadaya because the roof was covered with bronze tiles....
  
  , Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura, , is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of ancient Lankan civilization.The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic...
  
  
• Ruwanwelisaya
  Ruwanwelisaya
  The Ruwanwelisaya is a stupa in Sri Lanka, considered a marvel for its architectural qualities and sacred to many Buddhists all over the world. It was built by King Dutugemunu, who became lord of all Sri Lanka after a war in which the Chola King Elara, was defeated...
  
  , Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura, , is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of ancient Lankan civilization.The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic...
  
  
• Mirisaveti Stupa
  Mirisaveti Stupa
  The Mirisaveti Stupa is situated in the ancient city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. King Dutugamunu built the Mirisaveti Stupa after defeating King Elara. After placing the Buddha relics in the sceptre, he had gone to Tisawewa for a bath leaving the sceptre. After the bath he returned to the place...
  
  , Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura, , is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of ancient Lankan civilization.The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic...
  
  
• Isurumuniya
  Isurumuniya
  Isurumuniya is a Buddhist temple situated near to the Tisawewa .-History:The temple was built by King DEVANAMPIYATHISSA who ruled in the ancient Sri Lankan capital of Anuradhapura. After 500 children of high-caste were ordained, Isurumuniya was built for them to reside...
  
  , Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura, , is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of ancient Lankan civilization.The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic...
  
  
• Thuparamaya
  Thuparamaya
  Thuparamaya is a dagoba in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is a Buddhist sacred place of veneration.Mahinda Thera, an envoy sent by King Ashoka himself introduced Theravada Buddhism and also chetiya worship to Sri Lanka. At his request King Devanampiyatissa built Thuparamaya in which was enshrined the...
  
  , Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura, , is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of ancient Lankan civilization.The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic...
  
  
• Lankarama
  Lankarama
  Lankarama is a stupa built by King Valagamba, in an ancient place at Galhebakada in the ancient kingdom of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Nothing is known about the ancient form of the stupa, and later this was renovated. The ruins show that there are rows of stone pillars and it is no doubt that there...
  
  , Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura, , is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of ancient Lankan civilization.The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic...
  
  
• Jetavanarama, Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura, , is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of ancient Lankan civilization.The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic...
  
  
• Abhayagiri Dagaba
  Abhayagiri Dagaba
  Abhayagiri vihāra is situated in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. It is one of the most extensive ruins in the world and one of the most sacred Buddhist pilgrimage cities in the nation. Historically it was a great monastic centre as well as a royal capital, with magnificent monasteries rising to many...
  
  , Abhayagiriya, Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura, , is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of ancient Lankan civilization.The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic...
  
  
• Kuttam Pokuna
  Kuttam Pokuna
  One of the best specimen of bathing tanks or pools in ancient Sri Lanka is the pair of pools known as Kuttam Pokuna . The said pair of pools were built by the Sinhalese in the ancient kingdom of Anuradhapura...
  
  , Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura, , is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of ancient Lankan civilization.The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic...
  
  
• Samadhi Statue
  Samadhi Statue
  The Samadhi Statue is a statue situated at Mahamevuna Park in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. The Buddha is depicted in the position of the Dhyana Mudra, the posture of meditation associated with his first Enlightenment, also called Nirvana...
  
  , Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura
  Anuradhapura, , is one of the ancient capitals of Sri Lanka, famous for its well-preserved ruins of ancient Lankan civilization.The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic...
  
  

Taiwan

• Chung Tai Shan
  Chung Tai Shan
  Chung Tai Chan is a Taiwan-based Buddhist monastic order founded by the Venerable Master Wei Chueh in 1987. The headquarters monastery itself, Chung Tai Chan Monastery , completed in September 2001 in Puli, Nantou County, is the tallest and one of largest temple and monastery in Taiwan and the...
  
   (中台山), Nantou
  Nantou County
  Nantou County is the second largest county of Taiwan. It is also the only landlocked county in Taiwan. Its name derives from the Hoanya Taiwanese aboriginal word Ramtau. Nantou County is officially administered as a county of Taiwan....
  
  , the tallest Buddhist temple in the world. Height: 136 metres (446 ft).
• Dharma Drum Mountain
  Dharma Drum Mountain
  Dharma Drum Mountain is an international Buddhist spiritual, cultural, and educational foundation founded by late Ch'an Master Sheng-yen. The international headquarters of this organization is located at Jinshan District, New Taipei City, Taiwan .Dharma Drum Mountain is one of the most...
  
   (Fa Gu Shan) (法鼓山), international headquarters of Dharma Drum Mountain organization
• Mengjia Longshan Temple (龍山寺)
• Fo Guang Shan
  Fo Guang Shan
  Fo Guang Shan is an international Chinese Mahayana Buddhist monastic order based in the Republic of China , and one of the largest Buddhist organizations. The headquarters of Fo Guang Shan, located in Kaohsiung, is the largest Buddhist monastery in Taiwan. The organization itself is also one of...
  
   (佛光山)

Thailand

• See List of Buddhist temples in Thailand.

Bangkok

• Wat Benchamabophit
  Wat Benchamabophit
  Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram is a Buddhist temple in the Dusit district of Bangkok, Thailand. Also known as the marble temple, it is one of Bangkok's most beautiful temples and a major tourist attraction...
  
   (marble temple)
• Wat Suthat
  Wat Suthat
  Wat Suthat Thepphawararam is a royal temple of the first grade, one of ten such temples in Bangkok . Construction was begun by His Majesty King Rama I in 1807 . Further construction and decorations were carried out by King Rama II who helped carve the wooden doors, but the temple was not completed...
  
  , with Giant Swing
  Giant Swing
  The Giant Swing is a religious structure in Bangkok, Thailand, Phra Nakhon district, located in front of Wat Suthat temple. It was formerly used an old Brahmin ceremony, and is one of Bangkok's tourist attractions.-History:...
  
  
• Wat Ratchanadda
  Wat Ratchanadda
  Wat Ratchanaddaram is a buddhist temple located at the intersection between Ratchadamnoen Klang and Maha Chai Road, in Phra Nakhon district, Bangkok....
  
  
• Wat Phra Kaew
  Wat Phra Kaew
  The Wat Phra Kaew is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand. It is a "potent religio-political symbol and the palladium of Thai society". It is located in the historic centre of Bangkok , within the precincts of the Grand Palace.The main building is the central ubosoth, which...
  
  
• Wat Pho
  Wat Pho
  Wat Pho , is a Buddhist temple in Phra Nakhon district, Bangkok, Thailand. It is located in the Rattanakosin district directly adjacent to the Grand Palace. Known also as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, its official name is Wat Phra Chettuphon Wimon Mangkhalaram Ratchaworamahawihan...
  
  
• Wat Arun
  Wat Arun
  Wat Arun Rajwararam is a Buddhist temple in the Bangkok Yai district of Bangkok, Thailand, on the Thonburi west bank of the Chao Phraya River. The full name of the temple is Wat Arunratchawararam Ratchaworamahawihan...
  
  

Chiang Mai

• Wat Aranyawiwake
  Wat Aranyawiwake
  Wat Aranyawiwake , also known as Wat Ban Pong is a monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition of the Theravada lineage of Buddhism located in Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand. Phra Ajahn Plien Panyapatipo is the current abbot of Wat Aranyawiwake, where he resided since 1966...
  
  
• Wat Chedi Liem
  Wat Chedi Liem
  Wat Chedi Liam is one of the wats in the ancient Thai city of Wiang Kum Kam, now part of present day Chiang Mai. The original name Wat Ku Kham means 'The temple of the Gold Chedi' and the later name means 'Temple with Angular Chedi'...
  
  
• Wat Chedi Luang
  Wat Chedi Luang
  Wat Chedi Luang is a Buddhist temple in the historic center of Chiang Mai, Thailand. The current temple grounds were originally made up of three temples — Wat Chedi Luang, Wat Ho Tham and Wat Sukmin.-History:...
  
  
• Wat Chiang Man
  Wat Chiang Man
  Wat Chiang Man is a Buddhist temple inside the old city of Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand.-History:...
  
  
• Wat Doi Mae Pang
  Wat Doi Mae Pang
  #REDIRECT []]FileWat Doi Mae Pang is a Buddhist temple in Phrao district, Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand. It is some 75 kilometres from the city Chiang Mai on route 1001 towards Phrao....
  
  
• Wat Phra Singh
  Wat Phra Singh
  Wat Phra Singh is a Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand....
  
  
• Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep
  Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep
  Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep is a Theravada Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. The temple is often referred to as "Doi Suthep" although this is actually the name of the mountain it is located on. The temple is located 15 km from the city of Chiang Mai and is a sacred site to many Thai...
  
  
• Wat Umong
  Wat Umong
  Wat Umong is a 700 year old Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It is located against the mountains of Doi Suthep and is south of Chiang Mai University....
  
  

Chiang Rai

• Wat Phra That Doi Chom Thong
  Wat Phra That Doi Chom Thong
  Wat Phra That Doi Chom Thong is located in Nakhon Chiang Rai, Amphoe Mueang, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand.-History:...
  
  
• Wat Phra Kaew, Chiang Rai
  Wat Phra Kaew, Chiang Rai
  The temple complex of Wat Phra Kaew is located on Thanon Trairat in Tambon Wiang, Mueang district, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand.Wat Phra Kaew was appointed the First Royal Temple of Chiang Rai on 31 May 1978 .-Before the Phra Kaew image:...
  
  
• Wat Phra Sing, Chiang Rai
  Wat Phra Sing, Chiang Rai
  Wat Pra Singh is a Buddhist temple located on Thanon Singkhlai in Tambon Wiang, Mueang district, Chiang Rai Province, northern Thailand.Wat Pra Singh was built by Pra Chao Maha Proma , circa 1385 Wat Pra Singh is a Buddhist temple located on Thanon Singkhlai in Tambon Wiang, Mueang district,...
  
  

Phitsanulok

• Wat Phra Sri Rattana Mahatat Woramahawihan
  Wat Phra Sri Rattana Mahatat Woramahawihan
  Wat Phra Sri Rattana Mahatat Woramahawihan is a Buddhist temple in Phitsanulok, Thailand, where it is located on the bank of the Nan River near the Naresuan Bridge.- History :...
  
  
• Wat Nang Phaya
  Wat Nang Phaya
  -Geography:Wat Nang Phaya is located on the eastern bank of the Nan River. Wat Nang Phaya links to the campus of Wat Ratchaburana.-History:Wat Nang Phaya is said to have been built when Phitsanulok was ruled by King Trailokanat .-Features:...
  
  
• Wat Ratchaburana, Phitsanulok
  Wat Ratchaburana, Phitsanulok
  Wat Ratchaburana is a Buddhist temple in Phitsanulok, Thailand.-Geography:Wat Ratchaburana lies in the center of Phitsanulok, on the west bank of the Nan River, and to the south of the main temple of the province, Wat Phra Sri Rattana Mahatat Woramahawihan...
  
  
• Wat Sam Ruen
  Ban Sam Ruen
  Ban Sam Ruen is a village in the Nakhon Pa Mak subdistrict of Amphoe Bang Krathum District of Phitsanulok Province, Thailand.-Etymology:The first element ban means village. The second element sam means three...
  
  
• Wat Grong Greng Rin
  Ban Grong Greng
  Ban Grong Greng is a rural village in the northwest portion of the Nakhon Pa Mak subdistrict of Bang Krathum District of Phitsanulok Province, Thailand.-Etymology:The first element ban means village....
  
  
• Wat Laemphrathat
  Ban Laemphrathat
  Ban Laemphrathat is a village in the Nakhon Pa Mak subdistrict of Amphoe Bang Krathum District of Phitsanulok Province, Thailand.-Etymology:...
  
  

England

• Aruna Ratanagiri
  Aruna Ratanagiri
  Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery is a Theravadin Buddhist monastery of the Thai Forest Tradition in Northumberland, England...
  
   Buddhist Monastery (Harnham Buddhist Monastery), Northumberland (Thai)
• Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
  Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
  Amaravati is a Theravadin Buddhist monastery at the eastern end of the Chiltern Hills in south east England. The centre, in practice as much for ordinary people as for monastics, is inspired by the Thai forest tradition and the teachings of the late Ajahn Chah....
  
  , Hertfordshire (Thai)
• Chithurst Buddhist Monastery
  Chithurst Buddhist Monastery
  Cittaviveka, popularly known as Chithurst Buddhist Monastery, is a Theravada Buddhist Monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition. It is situated in West Sussex, England in the hamlet of Chithurst between Midhurst and Petersfield...
  
   (Cittaviveka), West Sussex (Thai)
• Fo Guang Shan
  Fo Guang Shan
  Fo Guang Shan is an international Chinese Mahayana Buddhist monastic order based in the Republic of China , and one of the largest Buddhist organizations. The headquarters of Fo Guang Shan, located in Kaohsiung, is the largest Buddhist monastery in Taiwan. The organization itself is also one of...
  
  , Marylebone, London (Taiwanese)
• Kadampa Buddhist Temple
  Kadampa Buddhist Temple
  The Kadampa World Peace Temple is located at Conishead Priory on the outskirts of Ulverston, Cumbria, England. It was consecrated in July 1997 and functions as the main meditation hall at Manjushri Kadampa Meditation Centre...
  
  , Ulverston
• Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery
  Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery
  Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery is an organization of Buddhist monasteries, of Sri Lankan origin established to benefit the spiritual development of human beings using the teachings of the Gautama Buddha. Its main main monastery is in Polgahawela, Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka is home to 35 branches of...
  
  , Watford, London (Sri Lankan)
• Nipponzan-Myōhōji
  Nipponzan-Myohoji
  Nipponzan Myōhōji , founded in 1917 by Nichidatsu Fujii, is a new religious movement that emerged from the Nichiren sect of Japanese Buddhism....
  
   Temple and Peace Pagoda
  Peace Pagoda
  A Peace Pagoda is a Buddhist stupa designed to provide a focus for people of all races and creeds, and to help unite them in their search for world peace. Most have been built under the guidance of Nichidatsu Fujii , a Buddhist monk from Japan and founder of the Nipponzan-Myōhōji Buddhist Order...
  
   at Willen
  Willen
  Willen is a district of Milton Keynes, England and is also one of the ancient villages of Buckinghamshire to have been included in the designated area of the New City in1967...
  
  , Milton Keynes
  Milton Keynes
  Milton Keynes , sometimes abbreviated MK, is a large town in Buckinghamshire, in the south east of England, about north-west of London. It is the administrative centre of the Borough of Milton Keynes...
  
   (Japanese)
• Padmaloka Buddhist Retreat Centre
  Padmaloka Buddhist Retreat Centre
  Padmaloka Buddhist Retreat Centre is a Buddhist retreat centre for men, located at Lesingham House in Surlingham, Norfolk, England. The centre is part of the Triratna Buddhist Community, formerly the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order, which aims to make the teachings of the Buddha and Buddhism...
  
  , Norfolk
• Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey
  Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey
  Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey is a Buddhist monastery and retreat centre located in Northumberland, in northern England. It follows the Serene Reflection Meditation Tradition, similar to the Sōtō Zen sect in Japan.-External links:*...
  
  , Northumberland
• Wat Buddhapadipa
  Wat Buddhapadipa
  Situated in Wimbledon, the Buddhapadipa temple was the first Thai Buddhist temple to be built in the UK. It is home to monks and nuns, but welcomes visitors of any faith to view the grounds and temple as long as they are respectful....
  
  , Wimbledon, London (Thai)
• Wat Charoenbhavana
  Wat Charoenbhavana
  On 8 February 2004 saw the establishment of Wat Charoenbhavana, Manchester - also known in English as the North-West Centre for Buddhist Meditation. It is the first Thai Buddhist temple the Northwest of England. It is presently located in a converted curtain-rail factory in Salford.The temple was...
  
  , Manchester (Thai)

France

• Village des Pruniers; Plum Village
  Plum Village
  Plum Village is a Buddhist meditation center in the Dordogne, in southern France. It was founded by Vietnamese monk Thích Nhất Hạnh, and his colleague Bhikkhuni Chân Không, in 1982.-History:...
  
  
• Kagyu-Dzong
  Kagyu-Dzong
  The Kagyu-Dzong center is a Buddhist center in Paris, affiliated to the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. This center is linked to the 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje...
  
  , Paris
• Vajradhara-Ling
  Vajradhara-Ling
  Vajradhara-Ling is a center affiliated to the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism located in France in Normandy nearby the city of Lisieux.- History of the centre :...
  
   and Temple for Peace
  Temple for Peace
  The Temple for Peace is a construction project of the congregation Vajradhara-Ling in Normandy to promote world peace. If the cornerstone was laid in 2003, the construction started in 2010...
  
  , Aubry-le-Panthou
  Aubry-le-Panthou
  Aubry-le-Panthou is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.-References:*...
  
  , Normandy
  Normandy
  Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...
  
  
• Lerab Ling
  Lerab Ling
  Lerab Ling is a Tibetan Buddhist centre founded in 1992 by Sogyal Rinpoche in Roqueredonde, near Lodève in Languedoc-Roussillon, France. It contains perhaps the largest Tibetan Buddhist temple in Europe, which was officially inaugurated by the Dalai Lama in 2008 at a ceremony attended by Carla...
  
  , Montpellier
  Montpellier
  -Neighbourhoods:Since 2001, Montpellier has been divided into seven official neighbourhoods, themselves divided into sub-neighbourhoods. Each of them possesses a neighbourhood council....
  
  

Hungary

• Hungarian Shaolin Temple
  Hungarian Shaolin Temple
  The Hungarian Shaolin Temple is located in a suburb of Budapest. It was founded in 1994. It is the largest one founded in Europe. The temple was founded by Sifu Robert Lyons. Demmel Laszlo join the temple in the mid-1990s....
  
  
• Wonkwangsa International Zen Temple
  Wonkwangsa International Zen Temple
  Wonkwangsa International Zen Temple is a Korean-tradition zen temple and monastery.The temple is located in Búbánatvölgy, a valley near Esztergom, Hungary...
  
  , Esztergom
  Esztergom
  Esztergom , is a city in northern Hungary, 46 km north-west of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom county, on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia there....
  
  , Kwan Um School of Zen
  Kwan Um School of Zen
  The Kwan Um School of Zen is an international school of Zen centers and groups, founded in 1983 by Seung Sahn Soen Sa Nim. The school's international head temple is located at the Providence Zen Center in Cumberland, Rhode Island, which was founded in 1972 shortly after Seung Sahn first came to...
  
  , Korean tradition

Italy

• Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa
  Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa
  The Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in Pomaia, a village in Tuscany, in Italy is a branch of the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition , an international network of Gelugpa dharma centers. It is named for Tsongkhapa, founder of the Gelugpa monastic order of Tibetan Buddhism...
  
  
• Santacittarama
  Santacittarama
  Santacittarama is the name of the Italian Theravada Buddhist monastery in the Thai Forest Tradition lineage of Ajahn Chah located near Rome. In the Spring of 1990 the former Italian Bhikkhu Ajahn Thannavaro and then Anagarika John Angelori were sent by Ajahn Sumedho to take up residence in a small...
  
   Buddhist Monastery, Poggio Nativa (Thai)

Colorado

• The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya Which Liberates Upon Seeing
  The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya Which Liberates Upon Seeing
  The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya is located at the Shambhala Mountain Center in Colorado, USA. It was built to inter the ashes of Chogyam Trungpa, who died in 1987. In many Buddhist traditions it is common to build a stupa to honour a respected teacher after their death.Construction of the stupa began...
  
  , Shambhala Mountain Center
  Shambhala Mountain Center
  The Shambhala Mountain Center was founded by Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1970 at Red Feather Lakes, Colorado. Trungpa arrived in 1971 with a number of students from Tail of the Tiger in Barnet, Vermont, now known as Karmê Chöling....
  
  

California

• Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery
  Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery
  Abhayagiri, or Fearless Mountain in the canonical language of Pali, is a Theravadin Buddhist monastery of the Thai Forest Tradition in Redwood Valley, California...
  
  , Redwood Valley
  Redwood Valley, California
  Redwood Valley is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California. It is located southwest of Potter Valley, at an elevation of 722 feet . It comprises the northern portion of the Ukiah Valley. It is about 8 mi north of Ukiah and 12 mi south of Willits. Potter Valley is to...
  
  
• Berkeley Zen Center
  Berkeley Zen Center
  Berkeley Zen Center , temple name , is a Sōtō Zen Buddhist practice center located in Berkeley, California led by Sojun Mel Weitsman. An informal affiliate to the San Francisco Zen Center , BZC was originally founded in 1967 by Weitsman and Shunryu Suzuki as a satellite group for the SFZC...
  
  , Berkeley
  Berkeley, California
  Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
  
  
• City Of Ten Thousand Buddhas
  City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
  The City Of Ten Thousand Buddhas is an international Buddhist community and monastery founded by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, an important figure in Western Buddhism...
  
  , Talmage
  Talmage, California
  Talmage is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States. Talmage is located east-southeast of Ukiah, at an elevation of 627 feet . The population was 1,130 at the 2010 census, down from 1,141 at the 2000 census...
  
  , Mendocino County
  Mendocino County, California
  Mendocino County is a county located on the north coast of the U.S. state of California, north of the greater San Francisco Bay Area and west of the Central Valley. As of the 2010 census, the population was 87,841, up from 86,265 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Deer Park Monastery
  Deer Park Monastery
  Deer Park Monastery is a Buddhist sanctuary in Escondido, California. It was founded in July 2000 by monastic and lay practitioners from Plum Village in France....
  
  , Escondido
  Escondido, California
  Escondido is a city occupying a shallow valley ringed by rocky hills, just north of the city of San Diego, California. Founded in 1888, it is one of the oldest cities in San Diego County. The city had a population of 143,911 at the 2010 census. Its municipal government set itself an operating...
  
  
• Hazy Moon Zen Center
  Hazy Moon Zen Center
  The Hazy Moon Zen Center is a Soto Zen center in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in 1996 by William Nyogen Yeo Roshi through the honorary founder Taizan Maezumi Roshi...
  
  , Los Angeles
  Los Angeles, California
  Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
  
  
• Hsi Lai Temple
  Hsi Lai Temple
  Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple is a traditional Chinese Buddhist mountain monastery in the United States. It is located on the foothill region of Hacienda Heights, California, USA, a suburb of Los Angeles County...
  
  , Hacienda Heights Suburb
  Hacienda Heights, California
  Hacienda Heights is an unincorporated census-designated place in and below the Puente Hills of the San Gabriel Valley, in Los Angeles County, California, United States...
  
  , Los Angeles
  Los Angeles, California
  Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
  
  
• Mt. Baldy Zen Center
• Pao Fa Temple
  Pao Fa Temple
  Pao Fa Temple is one of the largest Buddhist monasteries and Buddhist temples in the United States. It is located in Irvine, California. It mainly attracts Chinese American and Vietnamese American Buddhists, including many who are students at the University of California, Irvine.The Taiwan-born...
  
  , Irvine, California
  Irvine, California
  Irvine is a suburban incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on December 28, 1971, the city has a population of 212,375 as of the 2010 census. However, the California...
  
  
• San Fran Dhammaram Temple
  San Fran Dhammaram Temple
  The San Fran Dhammaram Temple is the only Thai temple in the city of San Francisco.-History:San Fran Dhammaram Temple was established on June 24, 2002 by Venerable Acariya Thoon Khippapanyo. Wat San Fran Dhammaram is San Francisco's Thai Buddhist Temple...
  
  , San Francisco Thai Temple, West San Francisco
  San Francisco, California
  San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
  
  
• San Francisco Zen Center
  San Francisco Zen Center
  San Francisco Zen Center , is a network of affiliated Sōtō Zen practice and retreat centers in the San Francisco Bay area, comprising the City Center or Beginner's Mind Temple, the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, and the Green Gulch Farm Zen Center. The sangha was incorporated by Shunryu...
  
  , San Francisco
  San Francisco, California
  San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
  
  
  • Green Gulch Farm, Muir Beach
    Muir Beach, California
    Muir Beach is a census-designated place , unincorporated community, and beach that is located northwest of San Francisco in western Marin County, California, United States...
    
    
  • Beginner's Mind Temple
    San Francisco Zen Center
    San Francisco Zen Center , is a network of affiliated Sōtō Zen practice and retreat centers in the San Francisco Bay area, comprising the City Center or Beginner's Mind Temple, the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, and the Green Gulch Farm Zen Center. The sangha was incorporated by Shunryu...
    
    , SFZC
  • Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
    Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
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    , Carmel Valley
• Shasta Abbey
  Shasta Abbey
  Shasta Abbey is a Zen Buddhist Monastery, established in 1970 by Houn Jiyu-Kennett in Mount Shasta, California, in the United States. It is a training monastery, and is open to visitors who want to learn about Buddhism....
  
  , Mount Shasta
  Mount Shasta, California
  Mount Shasta is a city in Siskiyou County, California, located at around 3,600 ft on the flanks of Mount Shasta, a prominent northern California landmark. The city is less than southwest of the summit of its namesake volcano...
  
  
• Sonoma Mountain Zen Center
  Sonoma Mountain Zen Center
  Sonoma Mountain Zen Center is a Soto Zen practice center located on in the mountainous region of Sonoma County in California—near Santa Rosa—carrying on the tradition and lineage of Shunryu Suzuki. Founded by Jakusho Kwong and his wife Laura Kwong in 1973, Kwong-roshi is the current guiding...
  
  , Santa Rosa
  Santa Rosa, California
  Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th...
  
  , Sonoma County
  Sonoma County, California
  Sonoma County, located on the northern coast of the U.S. state of California, is the largest and northernmost of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. Its population at the 2010 census was 483,878. Its largest city and county seat is Santa Rosa....
  
  
• Wat Buddhanusorn
  Wat Buddhanusorn
  Wat Buddhanusorn, is a Buddhist temple, of the Theravadan tradition, in Fremont, California, United States.The name, Wat Buddhanusorn, means “temple for the dedication of the Buddha,” in the Thai language. It was founded in 1983 and, in Buddhist tradition, relies on donations and volunteer work for...
  
  , Fremont, California
  Fremont, California
  Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs...
  
  
• Wat Mongkolratanaram
  Wat Mongkolratanaram
  Wat Mongkolratanaram is a small Thai Buddhist temple located in Berkeley, California. It mainly attracts Thai American Buddhists, including many who are students at the University of California, Berkeley, but it also draws in many local, non-Buddhists who come searching for the authentic Thai food...
  
  , Berkeley
  Berkeley, California
  Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...
  
  
• Yokoji Zen Mountain Center
  Yokoji Zen Mountain Center
  Yokoji Zen Mountain Center is a year-round Zen Buddhist training and retreat center located in the San Jacinto Mountains of Southern California. It is of sacred Native American land and wilderness....
  
  , near Idyllwild
• Zenshuji Soto Mission, Los Angeles
  Los Angeles, California
  Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
  
  

Florida

• Guang Ming temple
  Guang Ming temple
  The Guang Ming temple in Orlando, Florida, United States is the largest Buddhist temple in Central Florida. The three story, , traditional Chinese-monastic style temple was completed in 2007 and cost approximately $5 million dollars to construct...
  
  , Orlando
  Orlando, Florida
  Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
  
  
• Tubten Kunga Center
  Tubten Kunga Center
  Tubten Kunga Center , is a Buddhist Center in Deerfield Beach, Florida. TKC follows the Gelugpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, which is the lineage of the Dalai Lama...
  
  
• Wat Florida Dhammaram
  Wat Florida Dhammaram
  Wat Florida Dhammaram is a Buddhist monastery in Kissimmee, Florida, established by Lung-po Chaokhun Phra Tepvaraporn in the mid-1990s. Over a decade ago, Lung-po visited lay-devotees in Florida and perceived the lack of a Buddhist monastery in the Central Florida area...
  
  
• Wat Lao Buddha Phavanaram
  Wat Lao Buddha Phavanaram
  Wat Lao Buddha Phavanaram is a Laos Buddhist temple located in Kenneth City, Florida, Temple president: Mr. Khamphet Detsada.- External links :*...
  
  , Kenneth City
  Kenneth City, Florida
  Kenneth City is a town located in southern Pinellas County, Florida, between St. Petersburg and Pinellas Park, in the United States. Kenneth City was founded in 1957 by Sidney Colen, a local developer, who named the city after his son Kenneth Colen. The population was 4,400 at the 2000 census. As...
  
  

Hawaii

• Byodo-In Temple
  Byodo-In Temple
  The Temple is a non-denominational Buddhist temple located on the island of O'ahu in Hawai'i at the Valley of the Temples. At 47-200 Kahekili Highway, the Byodo-In Temple is a replica of a 900-year-old Buddhist place of worship at Uji in Kyoto prefecture of Japan. Inside the Byodo-In Temple is a...
  
  
• Broken Ridge Buddhist Temple
  Broken Ridge Buddhist Temple
  Broken Ridge Buddhist Temple is a Korean Buddhist temple on the island of Oahu in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Originally known as the "Dae Won Sa Temple," it was constructed on King St in Honolulu in 1975. After being destroyed by fire, construction of the new temple located in the Palolo Valley...
  
  
• Daifukuji Soto Zen Mission
  Daifukuji Soto Zen Mission
  The Daifukuji Sōtō Mission is a Zen Buddhist temple on the island of Hawaii established in 1914 .-History:In 1914 Reverend Kaiseki Kodama arrived in Kona and held services at the former Hanato Store which was located across the street from the present temple. He walked around the entire island...
  
  , Honalo
• Hawaii Shingon Mission
  Hawaii Shingon Mission
  Hawaii Shingon Mission or Shingon Shu Hawaii located at 915 Sheridan Street in Honolulu, Hawaii, is one of the most elaborate displays of Japanese Buddhist temple architecture in Hawaii...
  
  
• Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawai'i
  Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawai'i
  The Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii is a district of the Nishi Hongwanji branch of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, a school of Mahayana Pure Land Buddhism.-History:...
  
  

Illinois

• Chicago Zen Center
  Chicago Zen Center
  The Chicago Zen Center is a Harada-Yasutani Zen practice center located in Evanston, Illinois near Northwestern University currently led by Co-Abbots Elie Jishin Nijm and Yusan Graham. Established in 1974, the Chicago Zen Center formed around an interested group of students who had attended a...
  
  , Sanbo Kyodan
  Sanbo Kyodan
  Sanbo Kyodan is a Zen sect derived from both the Rinzai and Soto traditions of Japanese Zen.-History:...
  
   lineage, Evanston
  Evanston, Illinois
  Evanston is a suburban municipality in Cook County, Illinois 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, bordering Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north, with an estimated population of 74,360 as of 2003. It is one of the North Shore communities that adjoin Lake Michigan...
  
  
• Dharma Drum Mountain
  Dharma Drum Mountain
  Dharma Drum Mountain is an international Buddhist spiritual, cultural, and educational foundation founded by late Ch'an Master Sheng-yen. The international headquarters of this organization is located at Jinshan District, New Taipei City, Taiwan .Dharma Drum Mountain is one of the most...
  
   Buddhist Association of Chicago, Mount Prospect
  Mount Prospect, Illinois
  Mount Prospect is a village in Elk Grove and Wheeling Townships in Cook County, Illinois, about northwest of downtown Chicago. As of the 2010 census, the village had a total population of 54,167.-Geography:...
  
  
• Midwest Buddhist Temple, Jodo Shinshu
  Jodo Shinshu
  , also known as Shin Buddhism, is a school of Pure Land Buddhism. It was founded by the former Tendai Japanese monk Shinran. Today, Shin Buddhism is considered the most widely practiced branch of Buddhism in Japan.-Shinran :...
  
   lineage, Chicago
  Chicago
  Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
  
  

New York

• Blue Cliff Monastery
  Blue Cliff Monastery
  Blue Cliff Monastery is a Buddhist monastery located in Pine Bush, New York. It was founded in May 2007 by monastic and lay practitioners from Plum Village in France....
  
  
• Chapin Mill
  Chapin Mill
  Chapin Mill Buddhist Retreat Center is the Buddhist Retreat center of the Rochester Zen Center located at 8603 Seven Springs Rd, Batavia, NY, between Buffalo, NY and Rochester, NY. Ralph Chapin, a member and friend of the Center donated the property to the Center in 1996. The retreat center held a...
  
   Zen Retreat Center
• Chuang Yen Monastery
  Chuang Yen Monastery
  Chuang Yen Monastery is a Pure Land buddhist monastery in Carmel, New York. The monastery was built and is maintained by the Buddhist Association of the United States on land donated by C. T. Shen...
  
  
• Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
  Karma Triyana Dharmachakra
  Karma Triyana Dharmachakra is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Woodstock, New York, USA, which serves as the North American seat of His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu lineage. It was founded in 1976 by the 16th Gyalwa Karmapa. The abbot has been Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche...
  
  
• Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery
  Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery
  Mahamevnawa Buddhist Monastery is an organization of Buddhist monasteries, of Sri Lankan origin established to benefit the spiritual development of human beings using the teachings of the Gautama Buddha. Its main main monastery is in Polgahawela, Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka is home to 35 branches of...
  
   (Theravada)
• Namgyal Monastery
  Namgyal Monastery
  Namgyal Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery associated with the Dalai Lamas. Founded in 1575 by the Third Dalai Lama, Sonam Gyatso, Namgyal Monastery was historically housed within the Potala Palace...
  
  
• New York Mahayana Temple
  New York Mahayana Temple
  Mahayana Temple is a Chinese Buddhist temple located within a forest in South Cairo, N.Y.. It is the retreat of the Eastern States Buddhist Temple of America, Inc. . The original retreat land was donated by Mr. James Ying...
  
  
• Rochester Zen Center
  Rochester Zen Center
  The Rochester Zen Center is a Sōtō and Rinzai Zen Buddhist sangha in the Sanbo Kyodan lineage, located in Rochester, New York and established in 1966 by Philip Kapleau. It is one of the oldest Zen centers in the United States. The history of the Rochester Zen Center begins overseas with the...
  
  
• USA Shaolin Temple
  Shi Yan Ming
  Shi Yan Ming is a 34th generation Shaolin warrior monk, teacher and actor, best known as the founder of USA Shaolin Temple...
  
  
• Vajiradhammapadip Temple
  Vajiradhammapadip Temple
  Vajiradhammapadip Temple is a Theravada Buddhist temple in New York state, United States of America. There are two locations: one being in Mount Vernon, and the more recent being in Centereach....
  
  
• Village Zendo
  Village Zendo
  Village Zendo is a Soto Zen practice center originally located in the apartment of Enkyo Pat O'Hara, who founded the zendo in 1986. Formerly located in a red brick building, the Zen center took up the majority of space in O'Hara's apartment. The center has since moved to its new location on...
  
  
• Zen Center of Syracuse
  Zen Center of Syracuse
  The Zen Center of Syracuse , temple name Hoen-ji, is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist practice center in Syracuse, New York, one of the oldest continuously running Zen centers in the United States. Founded in 1972, the center is currently led by Roko Sherry Chayat...
  
  
• Zen Mountain Monastery
  Zen Mountain Monastery
  Zen Mountain Monastery is a Zen Buddhist monastery and training center on a forested property in the Catskill Mountains in Mount Tremper, New York. It was founded in 1980 by John Daido Loori, originally as the Zen Arts Center. It combines the Rinzai and Sōtō Zen traditions, in both of which Loori...
  
  

Texas

• Chua Buu Mon
  Chua Buu Mon
  Chua Buu Mon is a Buddhist Temple located on Proctor Street in Port Arthur, Texas.- Quick Stats :Leader/Title: Most Venerable Huyen VietEthnic Composition: Mostly Vietnamese, with a growing non-Vietnamese population....
  
  , Port Arthur
  Port Arthur, Texas
  -Demographics:As of the 2000 census, there were 57,755 people, 21,839 households, and 14,675 families residing in the city. The population density was 696.5 people per square mile . There were 24,713 housing units at an average density of 298.0 per square mile...
  
  
• Chua Linh-Son Buddhist Temple
  Chua Linh-Son Buddhist Temple
  - Quick Stats :Leader/Title: Venerable Thich Tri-HueEthnic Composition: Mostly Vietnamese, with a growing non-Vietnamese population.Resident Monks: Venerable Thich Tri-Hue, Thich Hue-Minh ,Tradition: Theravada...
  
  , Austin
  Austin, Texas
  Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
  
  
• Wat Buddhavas of Houston
  Wat Buddhavas of Houston
  Wat Buddhavas is a Buddhist Temple located on Spindle Dr. at Antoine Rd. in Houston, Texas.- Quick Stats :Leader/Title: Most Venerable SunthornEthnic Composition: Mostly Thai and Laos, with a growing non-Thai/Laos population....
  
  , Houston
  Houston, Texas
  Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and the largest city in the state of Texas. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city had a population of 2.1 million people within an area of . Houston is the seat of Harris County and the economic center of , which is the ...
  
  
• Wat Buddhananachat of Austin
  Wat Buddhananachat of Austin
  Wat Buddhananachat is a Buddhist Temple located about 20 miles southeast of Downtown, on Linden Rd. in Del Valle, Texas.This Buddhist temple was established in April, 1986 as a nonprofit organization to serve as a center for religious and cultural activities for Theravadic Buddhist belonging...
  
  , Del Valle
  Del Valle, Texas
  Del Valle is an unincorporated community in southeastern Travis County, Texas, United States. It is about miles southeast of Downtown Austin, and is part of the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area...
  
  

Washington

• Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Temple
  Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji
  Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji is a Rinzai-style Zen temple,located on North Beacon Hill in Seattle, Washington. Its name translates from Japanese as "Listening to the Dharma Zen Temple on Great Plum Mountain."-History, lineage, and teachers:...
  
  , Seattle
  Seattle, Washington
  Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
  
  
• Seattle Buddhist Church
  Seattle Buddhist Church
  The Seattle Buddhist Church is a Japanese Jodo Shinshu Buddhist temple in Seattle, Washington, USA. Although it was designed by Japanese American K.A. Arai, the architect of record was Pierce A. Horrocks, because Arai lacked an architectural license. It replaced an earlier Seattle Buddhist Church...
  
  , Seattle
  Seattle, Washington
  Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...
  
  

Wisconsin

• Deer Park Buddhist Center and Monastery
  Deer Park Buddhist Center and Monastery
  The Deer Park Buddhist Center and Monastery in Oregon, Wisconsin is headed by Geshe Lhundub Sopa, the first Tibetan tenured professor in an American University who taught Buddhist philosophy, language and culture at the University of Wisconsin–Madison for 30 years...
  
  , Oregon
  Oregon, Wisconsin
  Oregon is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The current population of Oregon is 9498. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area and is a suburb of Madison. The village is located mostly within the Town of Oregon....
  
  
• Sotekizan Korinzenji, Madison
  Madison, Wisconsin
  Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
  
  

Hanoi

• One-Pillar Pagoda
• Quan Su Temple
• Tran Quoc Temple
  Tran Quoc Temple
  Trấn Quốc Pagoda is a Buddhist temple located on a West Lake islet, Hanoi, Vietnam. Tran Quoc means "Stabilizing the Nation" in Vietnamese.- History :...
  
  
• Lang Temple
  Lang Temple
  Láng Temple is a Buddhist temple in Lang village, Dong Da District, Hanoi, Vietnam....
  
  
• Perfume Temple
• Thay Temple
  Thay Temple
  Thay Temple is a Buddhist temple located on the foot of Sai Son Mountain, Quoc Oai district, former Ha Tay province . The temple was built under the Lý Dynasty, dedicated to Zen master Tu Dao Hanh....
  
  

External links

• BuddhaNet's Comprehensive Directory of Buddhist Temples sorted by country
• Buddhactivity Dharma Centres database
• International Temples Project - Building for World Peace