Sacred Places
36 places found
HinduismDevasathan
, Thailand
The official Hindu temple of the Thai royal court in Bangkok, founded in 1784 by King Rama I and home to the Court Brahmins descended from a priestly lineage of Rāmeśvaram.
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HinduismErawan Shrine
, Thailand
A beloved Bangkok shrine to Phra Phrom — the Thai form of the Hindu creator-god Brahma — and a striking example of the syncretism of Hinduism and Buddhism in Thai religious life.
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IndigenousKachikally Museum and Crocodile Pool
, The Gambia
The Kachikally sacred crocodile pool in Bakau, The Gambia, is a longstanding indigenous shrine of the Mandinka tradition, where the crocodiles of the pool are honoured as the bearers of fertility blessings.
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BuddhismWat Aranyik
, Thailand
A historic Theravada Buddhist temple in Phitsanulok, northern Thailand, whose name evokes the ancient forest-dwelling tradition of Thai monastic practice.
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BuddhismWat Benchamabophit
, Thailand
A royal Buddhist wat in Bangkok's Dusit District, beloved as the Marble Temple for its gleaming Italian-stone façade and refined late-nineteenth-century craftsmanship.
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BuddhismWat Chaiwatthanaram
, Thailand
A seventeenth-century Khmer-style temple complex on the Chao Phraya River, among the most evocative ruins of the Ayutthaya Historical Park in central Thailand.
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BuddhismWat Chakkrawat
, Thailand
A historic royal Buddhist monastery in the heart of Bangkok's Chinatown, with origins stretching back to the founding years of the Rattanakosin kingdom.
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BuddhismWat Chedi Yot Thong
, Thailand
A small historic Buddhist temple in Phitsanulok, central Thailand, treasured for its delicate Sukhothai-period lotus-bud chedi — the last of its style remaining in the province.
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BuddhismWat Chet Yot
, Thailand
A fifteenth-century Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai whose seven-spired sanctuary recalls the Mahabodhi Temple of Bodh Gaya, drawing pilgrims born in the year of the Snake.
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BuddhismWat Chulamani
, Thailand
The oldest surviving Buddhist temple of Phitsanulok Province, set along the east bank of the Nan River and remembered for its ornate Khmer-style pagoda.
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BuddhismWat Mangkon Kamalawat
, Thailand
The principal Chinese Mahayana Buddhist temple in Bangkok, set in the heart of Chinatown and famous for its year-round festivals and ornate dragon-roofed halls.
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BuddhismWat Na Phra Men
, Thailand
The only Ayutthaya temple to survive the Burmese sack of 1767 intact, preserving a regal late-Ayutthaya ubosot and an ancient Dvaravati-era stone Buddha.
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