Buddhist temples and stupas

Kutila Mound

Kutila Mound (Kutila Mura, কুটিলা মুড়া) is a Buddhist stupa complex at Mainamati, Comilla, Bangladesh: three circular Tri-Ratna stupas with a Dharma-chakra-shaped central foundation, excavated 1955–1963.

List of Buddhist temples

The list of Buddhist temples surveys notable temples and temple complexes across Asia, from Bodh Gaya and Lumbini to Japan, Tibet, Cambodia, Thailand, and Korea.

Mahabodhi Temple

The Mahabodhi Temple is a Buddhist temple at Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India, built over the spot where the Buddha attained enlightenment; its complex became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2002.

Mireuksa

Mireuksa (미륵사) was a large Buddhist monastery at Iksan in southwestern Korea, founded during the 7th-century reign of Baekje King Mu and now preserved as a temple site.

Paro Taktsang (སྤ་རོ་སྟག་ཚང)

Paro Taktsang (Tiger's Nest, Taktsang Palphug) is a cliffside Bhutanese monastery above Paro Valley at about 3,120 m, linked to the Padmasambhava tigress legend, founded as a temple complex in 1692 by Tendzin Rabgye, and rebuilt by 2005 after fires.

Pha That Luang

Pha That Luang (Lao: ພະທາດຫຼວງ, "Great Stupa") is a gold-covered Buddhist stupa in Vientiane, Laos, rebuilt in 1566, destroyed in 1828, and restored in the 1930s as the national symbol.

Porcelain Tower of Nanjing (大报恩寺琉璃塔)

The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing (大报恩寺琉璃塔) was a nine-story glazed Buddhist pagoda at Nanjing's Great Bao'en Temple, built in the Ming dynasty and destroyed in 1856.

Ruins of Buddhist Temples and Images

Ruins of Buddhist temples and images at Odisha's Diamond Triangle: Lalitgiri, Ratnagiri, and Udayagiri, excavated monasteries, stupas, relic caskets, and Mahayana-Vajrayana sculpture from the 2nd century BCE to the 13th century CE.

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Ryoan-ji

Ryoan-ji (竜安寺) is a Rinzai Zen temple in northwestern Kyoto, founded in 1450 and best known for its rock garden of fifteen stones on raked white gravel.

Saidai-ji

Saidai-ji (西大寺, "Great Western Temple") is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan, and head temple of the Shingon Risshū sect, founded in 765 by Empress Shōtoku.

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Sanchi Stupa

The Sanchi Stupa, also known as the Great Stupa or Stupa 1, is a hemispherical Buddhist monument in Madhya Pradesh, India, begun in the 3rd century BCE under Emperor Aśoka.

Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea

Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries in Korea (산사): UNESCO World Heritage serial property inscribed 2018, seven temples (Tongdosa, Buseoksa, Bongjeongsa, Beopjusa, Magoksa, Seonamsa, Daeheungsa) founded 7th–9th centuries, madang courtyard layout, criterion (iii).

Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple

Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple (석굴암과 불국사): 8th-century Silla Buddhist monuments on Mount Tohamsan, Gyeongju, begun by Kim Dae-seong in 751, completed 774, Korea's first UNESCO World Heritage Site (1995).

Shitennō-ji

Shitennō-ji (四天王寺) is a Buddhist temple in Tennōji Ward, Osaka, founded in 593 by Prince Shōtoku as Japan's first official state temple and head temple of the Wasō school.

Shwedagon Pagoda (ရွှေတိဂုံစေတီတော်)

Shwedagon Pagoda, also known as Shwe Dagon, is a 326-foot gilded Buddhist stupa on Singuttara Hill in Yangon, Myanmar, enshrining relics of four Buddhas including eight hairs of Gotama Buddha.

Shwesandaw Pagoda (Pagan)

Shwesandaw Pagoda (ရွှေဆံတော် ဘုရား) is a large Buddhist stupa at Old Bagan in Myanmar, built by King Anawrahta in 1057 after his conquest of Thaton.

Shwezigon Pagoda

Shwezigon Pagoda is a gilded Buddhist stupa at Nyaung-U, near Bagan, Myanmar, begun by King Anawrahta and completed by King Kyansittha in the late eleventh century.

Stupa

A stupa, also known as a chorten or dagoba, is a dome-shaped Buddhist monument built to hold relics of the Buddha or his teachings, spreading from India across Asia.

Swayambhunath (स्वयम्भू स्तूप)

Swayambhunath, also known as the Monkey Temple, is an ancient Buddhist stupa on a hillock about 3 km west of central Kathmandu, Nepal, believed to date to 460 A.D.

Ta Prohm (ប្រាសាទតាព្រហ្ម)

Ta Prohm (ប្រាសាទតាព្រហ្ម), originally named Rajavihara, is a Buddhist temple at Angkor, Cambodia, consecrated by King Jayavarman VII in 1186 and known for huge tree roots gripping its ruins.

Temple of the Tooth

The Temple of the Tooth, known as Sri Dalada Maligawa, is a Buddhist temple in Kandy, Sri Lanka, enshrining what tradition holds to be a tooth of the Buddha.

Tholing Monastery

Tholing Monastery (Tibetan: མཐོ་ལྡིང་, also spelled Toling or Toding) is a Buddhist monastery in Ngari, western Tibet, founded around 996 as the royal temple of the Guge Kingdom.

Tibetan Buddhist architecture

Tibetan Buddhist architecture is the tradition of monasteries, temples, stupas, and palaces of Tibetan Buddhism, developed from the 7th century on the Tibetan Plateau and across the Himalayas.

Tōdai-ji (東大寺)

Tōdai-ji (東大寺), or Todai Temple, is a Buddhist temple complex in Nara, Japan, founded in the eighth century and known for its colossal bronze Great Buddha, consecrated in 752.

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Tongdosa

Tongdosa (통도사) is a Buddhist temple at the foot of Yeongchuksan in Yangsan, South Korea, founded in 646 CE by the monk Jajang Yulsa to enshrine relics of the Buddha.

Wat Arun (วัดอรุณราชวรารามราชวรมหาวิหาร)

Wat Arun, formally Wat Arun Ratchawararam and known as the Temple of Dawn, is a Buddhist temple in Bangkok, best known for its colossal porcelain-clad central prang.

Wat Mahathat, Sukhothai

Wat Mahathat, the Temple of the Great Relic, is the largest temple of Sukhothai, the first capital of Siam, with a unique lotus-bud chedi and nearly 200 stupas.

Wat Pho (วัดโพธิ์)

Wat Pho, also known as Wat Phra Chetuphon, the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, is a royal temple in Bangkok beside the Grand Palace, home to a 46-meter Reclining Buddha.

Wat Phra Kaew (วัดพระแก้ว)

Wat Phra Kaew, also called the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, is the royal chapel of the Grand Palace in Bangkok, founded in 1782 by King Rama I.