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  2. Buddhist temple - Wikipedia

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    A Buddhist temple or Buddhist monastery is the place of worship for Buddhists, the followers of Buddhism. They include the structures called vihara, chaitya, stupa, wat and pagoda in different regions and languages. Temples in Buddhism represent the pure land or pure environment of a Buddha. Traditional Buddhist temples are designed to inspire ...

  3. List of Buddhist temples - Wikipedia

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    The Parinirvana Temple with the Parinirvana Stupa at Kushinagar, India where Buddha attained Parinirvana after his death. This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by location.

  4. Buddhist architecture - Wikipedia

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    The temple was a Buddhist sites, as evidence of the discovered Buddhist votive tablets, and the brick stupa structure. The apogee of ancient Indonesian Buddhist art and architecture was the era of Javanese Shailendra dynasty that ruled the Mataram Kingdom in Central Java circa 8th to 9th century CE.

  5. Category:Buddhist temples - Wikipedia

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    See also: List of Buddhist temples, and Category: Buddhist monasteries. Subcategories. This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total. ...

  6. Temple - Wikipedia

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    A Buddhist temple might contain a meditation hall hosting Buddharupa, or the image of Buddha, as the object of concentration and veneration during a meditation. The stupa domed structures are also used in a circumambulation ritual called Pradakshina. Temples in Buddhism represent the pure land or pure environment of a Buddha. Traditional ...

  7. History of Buddhism in India - Wikipedia

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    The Great Stupa at Sanchi, located in Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh, is a Buddhist shrine in India. The Mahabodhi Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the four holy sites related to the life of the Buddha, and particularly to the attainment of Enlightenment.

  8. Wat - Wikipedia

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    In Buddhism, a wat is a Buddhist sacred precinct with vihara, a temple, an edifice housing a large image of Buddha and a facility for lessons.A site without a minimum of three resident bhikkhus cannot correctly be described as a wat although the term is frequently used more loosely, even for ruins of ancient temples.

  9. Buddhism - Wikipedia

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    Buddhist institutions are often housed and centred around monasteries (Sanskrit: viharas) and temples. Buddhist monastics originally followed a life of wandering, never staying in one place for long. During the three-month rainy season they would gather together in one place for a period of intense practice and then depart again.