39 places found
, Thailand
A Theravada Buddhist temple in Bangkok's Chinatown best known for the Golden Buddha, a 5.5-tonne solid-gold Sukhothai-era statue hidden for centuries beneath a layer of plaster.
, Thailand
A historic Buddhist temple in Ayutthaya remembered for the tallest chedi in the city, raised by King Naresuan the Great to mark his victory over Burmese forces in 1592.
, Thailand
A vast royal Buddhist complex in Chonburi Province, raised in 1976 by the 19th Supreme Patriarch as a centre for samatha and vipassana practice and crowned by a replica of the Mahabodhi Temple.