Thai buddhist temple

Believe it or not, this is a real place – Wat Rong Khun, better known as the White Temple, is a Buddhist temple in Thailand that looks like it was placed on earth by a god. Though it may have involved divine inspiration, it was in fact designed by a man. Chalermchai Kositpipat, a Thai artist, designed the temple in 1997.

Classic Thai Temple (Wat) buildings with stone lions at guard, Bangkok Thailand. Picture by Doug Despres

Thai Buddhist temple in Kanchanaburi

2 of the 12 giant guardians protecting the temple: Maiyarap and Wirunchambang Welcome to Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha in English)–the most sacred Buddhist temple in all of Thai…

Yonghe Temple tibetan lama temple in Beijing. Tibetan Buddhist monastery,palace. Dongcheng District, Beijing, PRC. Inception 1694.Yonghe Temple (Chinese: 雍和宫, "Palace of Peace and Harmony"), also known as the Yonghe Lamasery, or popularly as the Lama Temple, is a temple and monastery of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism located in Dongcheng District, Beijing, China. The building and artwork of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.

Temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand (www.beautifulview.org)

Curly Tales on Instagram: “Jogyesa Temple is one of the most important Buddhist temples in Korea and a symbol of Korean Buddhism. It is located in the heart of the…”

It should come as no surprise that Thailand is a country of temples, given the significant role that Buddhism plays in its culture

There are an estimated 40,000 Buddhist temples in Thailand, many of them open to visitors.