Buddhist temples and stupas

Ananda Temple

The Ananda Temple, known in Sanskrit as Anantapanni, is a Buddhist temple at Old Bagan, Myanmar, built under King Kyansittha in the late 11th or early 12th century.

Angkor Wat (អង្គរវត្ត)

Angkor Wat, also known as អង្គរវត្ត, is a temple complex in Cambodia and the world's largest religious monument, built by King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century.

Bayon

Bayon, also known as Bayon Temple, is a Khmer temple at the center of Angkor Thom, Cambodia, built in the late 12th century under King Jayavarman VII.

Beomeosa

Beomeosa (범어사; 梵魚寺) is a Korean Buddhist temple on Geumjeongsan in Busan, South Korea, founded in 678 by master Uisang as one of ten Hwaeom temples.

Bongeunsa

Bongeunsa (봉은사) is a Buddhist temple of the Jogye Order in Gangnam, Seoul, across from COEX, traditionally founded in 794 and known for its templestay program.

Borobudur

Borobudur (Candi Borobudur) is an eighth- and ninth-century Buddhist stupa complex in Central Java, Indonesia, built by the Syailendra dynasty and listed as a World Heritage Site in 1991.

Oct 21, 2026

Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area

Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (法隆寺地域の仏教建造物), a 1993 UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nara Prefecture, Japan: 48 wooden structures at Horyu-ji and Hokki-ji temples, including eleven of the world's oldest surviving wooden buildings, late 7th to early 8th century.

Bulguksa

Bulguksa (불국사) is a Buddhist temple on Mount Toham in Gyeongju, South Korea, built in the 8th century during the Unified Silla period to represent the Buddhist Pure Land on earth.

Byodo-In (Hawaii)

Byodo-In Temple in Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii: a non-practicing replica of the Uji, Japan World Heritage temple, built 1968 without nails for the Japanese immigration centennial, with an 18-foot gold Amida Buddha and bon-sho bell.

Daian-ji

Daian-ji (大安寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, one of the Seven Great Temples of Nanto, which took its name in 745 and still stands today.

Eihei-ji

Eihei-ji (永平寺), Daihonzan Eihei-ji, is one of two head temples of Sōtō Zen in Japan, founded by Dōgen in 1244 in Fukui Prefecture as Daibutsu-ji, renamed 1246; an active training monastery with about 150 monks and 19 Important Cultural Property buildings.

Erdene Zuu Monastery

Erdene Zuu Monastery (Эрдэнэ Зуу, "Jewel Temple") is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in Kharkhorin, Mongolia, founded in 1586 by Abtai Sain Khan on the site of Karakorum.

Five-Story Pagoda of Hōryū-ji

The Five-Story Pagoda of Hōryū-ji (法隆寺五重塔, Hōryū-ji Gojū-no-tō) is a wooden Buddhist pagoda at Hōryū-ji temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan, the oldest surviving five-story wooden pagoda in the world.

Foguang Temple

Foguang Temple (佛光寺) is a Buddhist temple on Mount Wutai in Shanxi, China, whose East Main Hall of 857 is the finest surviving Tang Dynasty timber building.

Gameunsa

Gameunsa (감은사) was a Unified Silla Buddhist temple on the coast of Gyeongju, South Korea, begun by King Munmu and completed by his son Sinmun in 682.

Gawdawpalin Temple

Gawdawpalin Temple (ဂေါတော့ပလ္လင်) is a large two-storey Theravada Buddhist temple in Old Bagan, Myanmar, begun by King Narapatisithu in the late 12th century and completed by his son Htilominlo.

Global Vipassana Pagoda

The Global Vipassana Pagoda, also known as the Global Pagoda, is a stone monument in Gorai, Mumbai, inaugurated in 2009, built for Vipassana meditation and enshrining Buddha relics.

Oct 20, 2026

Gummadiduru Mound

Gummadiduru Mound (Gummadidurru) is a centrally protected Buddhist site in Nandigama taluk, Krishna/NTR district, Andhra Pradesh, with a 55-ft stupa excavated in 1926, inscriptions from the 2nd century CE, and medieval clay tablets.

Gyeongcheonsa Pagoda

The Gyeongcheonsa Pagoda is a ten-story marble Buddhist pagoda built in 1348 in Goryeo, now a National Treasure displayed in the National Museum of Korea.

Oct 21, 2026

Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks

Janggyeong Panjeon (해인사 장경판전) at Haeinsa Temple, Mount Gayasan, South Korea: four 15th-century wooden depositories housing the 81,258-block Tripitaka Koreana, UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1995, preserved by natural ventilation.

Heungnyunsa

Heungnyunsa (흥륜사, 興輪寺) was a Buddhist temple in Gyeongju, the first founded in Silla and one of its seven sacred temples, abandoned in the early Joseon period.

Hōryū-ji

Hōryū-ji (法隆寺, Temple of the Flourishing Dharma) is a Buddhist temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan, whose wooden buildings include some of the world's oldest surviving structures.

Hōryū-ji (法隆寺)

Hōryū-ji (法隆寺), also known as Ikaruga-dera, is a Buddhist temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan, traditionally founded in 607 and home to the world's oldest surviving wooden structures.

Htilominlo Temple

Htilominlo Temple, in Pali Trilokamaṅgalā meaning "Blessing of the Three Worlds", is a large two-storeyed Buddhist temple in Bagan, Myanmar, built in the early 13th century by King Nataungmya.

Hwangnyongsa

Hwangnyongsa (황룡사) was the largest Buddhist temple of Korea's Silla kingdom, founded in Gyeongju in 553 as the state temple and burned by Mongol forces in 1238.

Jokhang

Jokhang (ཇོ་ཁང་, 大昭寺) is a Buddhist temple in central Lhasa, Tibet, founded in the 7th century and regarded as Tibet's holiest shrine; it houses the sacred Jowo Shakyamuni statue.

Kaidan-in

Kaidan-in (戒壇院) is a Buddhist temple in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, preserving the ordination platform established at Kanzeonji in 761 and counted among the Three Ordination Platforms of the Realm.

Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺)

Kinkaku-ji, the Temple of the Golden Pavilion, is a Rinzai Zen temple in Kyoto, Japan, whose Golden Pavilion is covered in gold leaf on its upper two stories.

Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺)

Kiyomizu-dera (清水寺), also known as Kiyomizu Temple, is a Buddhist temple on Mt. Otowa in Kyoto, Japan, founded in 778 and famous for its nail-free wooden stage.