List of Buddhist temples in Thailand

There are a total of 40,717 Buddhist temples (Thai: Wat) in Thailand as of 31 December 2004, 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:

Contents

By class

Royal temples

Special class

First class

Second class

Third class

By region

Northern Thailand

Chiang Mai

Chiang Rai

Lampang

Nan

Uttaradit

Northeastern Thailand

Khon Kaen

Udon Thani

Western Thailand

Kanchanaburi

Central Thailand

Ayutthaya

Bangkok

Nakhon Pathom

Pathum Thani

Phitsanulok

Saraburi

Eastern Thailand

Southern Thailand

Phuket

Surat Thani

See also

References

  1. ^ Dhammathai.org, ข้อมูลวัดทางสถิติ, Theravada Buddhism Information Network, http://www.dhammathai.org/watthai/watstat.php, retrieved 2008-10-13 . (Thai).
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