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List of Buddhist temples in Thailand

There are a total of 41,205 Buddhist temples (wat) in Thailand since last update. This is confirmed, of which 33,902 are in current use, according to the Office of National Buddhism.[1] Of the 33,902 active temples, 31,890 are of the Maha Nikaya and 1,987 are of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya orders of the Theravada school, while 12 are of the Chinese Nikaya and 13 are of the Anam Nikaya orders of the Mahayana school. Two hundred and seventy-two temples, 217 of the Maha Nikaya order and 55 of the Dhammayut order, hold the status of royal temple. Royal wisungkhamasima (Pali: visuṃ gāmasīmā), official recognition of a temple's legitimacy, has been granted to 20,281 temples. The following is a very partial list of Buddhist temples in Thailand:

Wat Phra Kaew, or Temple of the Emerald Buddha, is Thailand's primary and most important temple.

By class edit

Royal temples edit

Special class edit

First class edit

Second class edit

Third class edit

By region edit

Northern Thailand edit

Chiang Mai edit

 
Wat Chedi Luang during the yearly Inthakin Festival, Chiang Mai
 
Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, Lampang
 
Wat Phumin, Nan

Chiang Rai edit

Lampang edit

Lamphun edit

Nakhon Sawan edit

Nan edit

Nong Khai edit

Phayao edit

Phetchabun edit

Phichit edit

Uthai Thani edit

Uttaradit edit

Northeastern Thailand edit

Khon Kaen edit

Maha Sarakham edit

Nakhon Phanom edit

Nakhon Ratchasima Province edit

Sakon Nakhon edit

Sisaket edit

Ubon Ratchathani edit

Udon Thani edit

Western Thailand edit

Kanchanaburi edit

Central Thailand edit

Ayutthaya edit

 
Wat Mahathat
 
An overgrown sandstone Buddha statue, near the minor chapels of Wat Maha That in Ayutthaya

Bangkok edit

 
Wat Benchamabophit
 
Wat Ratchaorotsaram
 
Wat Ratchathiwat
 
Wat Suthat

Lopburi edit

Nakhon Nayok edit

Nakhon Pathom edit

Nonthaburi edit

Pathum Thani edit

Phitsanulok edit

Samut Prakan edit

Samut Songkhram edit

Saraburi edit

Suphan Buri edit

Eastern Thailand edit

Chachoengsao edit

Chonburi edit

Trat edit

Southern Thailand edit

Ko Samui edit

Krabi edit

Nakhon Si Thammarat edit

Phuket edit

Surat Thani edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Dhammathai.org, ข้อมูลวัดทางสถิติ, Theravada Buddhism Information Network, retrieved 2008-10-13. (in Thai).
  2. ^ "Wat Nakhot Luang | Southeast Asia Digital Library". sea.lib.niu.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  3. ^ "Wat Bunyawat | Southeast Asia Digital Library". sea.lib.niu.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  4. ^ "Wat Thung Kha | Southeast Asia Digital Library". sea.lib.niu.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  5. ^ "Wat Monpuyak | Southeast Asia Digital Library". sea.lib.niu.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-30.

External links edit

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