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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. Dhamma Talaka Pagoda - Wikipedia

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    The Pagoda was also dedicated to the Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. [ 4 ] The pagoda complex is administered by the Birmingham Buddhist Vihara Trust, [ 5 ] which was originally set up in 1982 when Dr Rewata Dhamma converted a house in a street nearby into a monastery and meditation centre.

  4. Golden Pagoda, Namsai - Wikipedia

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    The Golden Pagoda of Namsai, also known as Kongmu Kham, in the Tai-Khamti language, is a Burmese-style Buddhist temple that was opened in 2010. It is located on a 20 hectares (49 acres) complex in Namsai District of Arunachal Pradesh, India and at a distance of 68 km (42 mi) from the nearest railway station Tinsukia, Assam.

  5. List of Buddhist temples in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in the United States for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by location. See also: Buddhist Churches of America California

  6. Buddhist architecture - Wikipedia

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    Buddha statue in Borobudur (), the world's largest Buddhist temple.. Buddhist religious architecture developed in the Indian subcontinent.Three types of structures are associated with the religious architecture of early Buddhism: monasteries (), places to venerate relics (), and shrines or prayer halls (chaityas, also called chaitya grihas), which later came to be called temples in some places.

  7. Rongbuk Monastery - Wikipedia

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    Rongbuk Monastery (Tibetan: རྫ་རོང་ཕུ་དགོན་, Wylie: rdza rong phu dgon; other spellings include Rongpu, Rongphu, Rongphuk and Rong sbug (simplified Chinese: 绒布寺; traditional Chinese: 絨布寺; pinyin: Róngbù Sì)), also known as Dzarongpu [1] or Dzarong [citation needed], is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery of the Nyingma sect in Basum Township, [2] Dingri ...

  8. Wat Phanan Choeng - Wikipedia

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    Wat Phanan Choeng (Thai: วัดพนัญเชิง; pronunciation) is a Buddhist temple in the city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River at the south-eastern side of the confluence of the Chao Phraya and Pa Sak rivers. Today, as part of the Ayutthaya Historical Park, the temple is a popular tourist attraction.

  9. Shaolin Monastery - Wikipedia

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    It had more than 14,000 acres of land, 540 acres of temple grounds, more than 5,000 rooms, and more than 2,000 monks. The Chan Buddhist School founded by Bodhidharma flourished during the Tang dynasty and was the largest Buddhist school of that time. [citation needed] Information about the first century of the Northern Song dynasty is scarce ...