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Wat Rong Khun (Thai: วัดร่องขุ่น), better known as the White Temple, is a Buddhist temple in Pa O Don Chai, Mueang District, Chiang Rai province, Thailand. Situated outside the city of Chiang Rai , the temple attracts a large number of visitors, both Thai and foreign, making it one of Chiang Rai's most visited attractions.
Wat Pho (Thai: วัดโพธิ์, pronounced [wát pʰōː] ⓘ), also spelled Wat Po, is a Buddhist temple complex in the Phra Nakhon District, Bangkok, Thailand. It is on Rattanakosin Island, directly south of the Grand Palace. [2]
Wat Phra Kaew (Thai: วัดพระแก้ว, RTGS: Wat Phra Kaeo, pronounced [wát.pʰráʔ.kɛ̂ːw] ⓘ), commonly known in English as the Temple of the Emerald Buddha and officially as Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram, [a] is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand.
Interior of Ubosot of Wat Hong Rattanaram, Bangkok. Thai temple art and architecture is the art and architecture of Buddhist temples in Thailand. Temples are known as wats, from the Pāḷi vāṭa, meaning "enclosure". A temple has an enclosing wall that divides it from the secular world.
There are a total of 41,205 Buddhist temples 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 ...
A Buddhist temple had existed at the site of Wat Arun since the time of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, prior to the reign of King Narai. [3]: 4 It was then known as Wat Bang Makok [4] [3]: 1 which was later shortened to Wat Makok, [3]: 1 after the village of Bang Makok in which it was built (makok is the Thai name for the Spondias pinnata plant).
Wat Benchamabophit Dusitvanaram (Thai: วัดเบญจมบพิตรดุสิตวนาราม; pronunciation ⓘ) is a Buddhist temple in the Dusit District of Bangkok, Thailand. Also known as the Marble Temple, it is one of Bangkok's best-known temples and a major tourist attraction. It typifies Bangkok's ornate style of high ...
Wat Phra Dhammakaya started expanding the temple grounds significantly starting in 1984.(see § The World Dhammakaya Center, below) In the 1980s and 1990s the temple became known for promoting Buddhist education and scholarship [26] [27] and also began building up relationships with Buddhist organizations outside of Thailand, with Wat Phra ...