Sacred Places
39 places found
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BuddhismWat Phra Si Mahathat
, Thailand
A first-class royal Buddhist temple in Bangkok's Bang Khen District, founded after the Siamese Revolution to enshrine relics of the Buddha and to mark a new democratic era.
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BuddhismWat Phra That Choeng Chum
, Thailand
A Buddhist temple in Sakon Nakhon Province, Thailand, whose 24-metre brick chedi rises over the venerated footprints of four past Buddhas and is depicted on the reverse of the ten-satang coin.
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BuddhismWat Phra That Hariphunchai
, Thailand
An ancient Lanna royal temple in Lamphun, founded over a relic of the Buddha's hair, whose 46-metre golden chedi remains a beating heart of northern Thai devotion.
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BuddhismWat Phra Yuen
, Thailand
An ancient Theravada temple on the Kuang River in Lamphun, one of four corner monasteries founded by Queen Chamadevi and home to four standing Buddha images enshrined within its stupa.
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BuddhismWat Prasat
, Thailand
A name shared by several historic Buddhist temples in Thailand, found in Chiang Mai and Nonthaburi, each carrying its own local history and devotional life.
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BuddhismWat Ratchaburana
, Thailand
A name carried by several Thai Buddhist temples — most notably in Ayutthaya, Bangkok, and Phitsanulok — each a sanctuary of long-standing devotion within its own city.
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BuddhismWat Ratchapradit
, Thailand
A first-class royal Buddhist temple founded by King Mongkut in 1864, the first monastery of the Thammayut Nikaya in Bangkok and a marble-clad gem of Rattanakosin Island.
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BuddhismWat Saket
, Thailand
The Bangkok temple known for the Golden Mount — an artificial hill crowned with a gilded chedi enshrining a relic of the Buddha brought from Sri Lanka.
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BuddhismWat Suan Dok
, Thailand
A fourteenth-century royal Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai, founded for the monk Sumana Thera and famed for the relic that, by legend, doubled itself before its enshrinement.
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BuddhismWat Suthat
, Thailand
A first-class royal Buddhist temple in Bangkok's inner Rattanakosin quarter, famed for its towering Giant Swing and for the longest ordination hall in Thailand.
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BuddhismWat Suwan Dararam
, Thailand
A first-class royal Buddhist temple in the old capital of Ayutthaya in central Thailand, holding a quiet but enduring place within the kingdom's network of officially recognised royal monasteries.
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BuddhismWat Thepthidaram
, Thailand
A third-grade royal Buddhist temple in Bangkok founded by King Rama III in honour of his eldest daughter, distinguished by its 52 statues of bhikkhuni and its quiet poetic heritage.
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