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===Royal temples===
===Royal temples===
Royal temples ({{langx|th|พระอารามหลวง}}) are those formally associated with the monarchy, and hold special status, generally divided into three classes.<ref>{{cite book |title=พระอารามหลวง เล่ม 1 |trans-title=Royal temples, Vol. 1 |date=2021 |publisher=Department of Religious Affairs, Ministry of Culture |location=Bangkok |url=http://www.stabundamrong.go.th/web/noticeable/n204.pdf}}</ref> They are listed here comprehensively as follows.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20040921175048/http://www.dhammathai.org/watthai/listroyalwat.php|archive-date=2004-09-21| url=http://www.dhammathai.org/watthai/listroyalwat.php|title=พระอารามหลวง |website=dhammathai.org|publisher=Theravada Buddhism Information Network |url-status=dead}}</ref>
Royal temples ({{langx|th|พระอารามหลวง}}) are those formally associated with the monarchy, and hold special status, generally divided into three classes.<ref>{{cite book |title=พระอารามหลวง เล่ม 1 |trans-title=Royal temples, Vol. 1 |date=2021 |publisher=Department of Religious Affairs, Ministry of Culture |location=Bangkok |url=http://www.stabundamrong.go.th/web/noticeable/n204.pdf}}</ref> They are listed here comprehensively as follows.<ref name="royal">{{cite web|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20040921175048/http://www.dhammathai.org/watthai/listroyalwat.php|archive-date=2004-09-21| url=http://www.dhammathai.org/watthai/listroyalwat.php|title=พระอารามหลวง |website=dhammathai.org|publisher=Theravada Buddhism Information Network |url-status=dead}}</ref>


====Special class====
====Special class====
* [[Wat Phra Kaew|Wat Phra Sri Rattana Satsadaram (Wat Phra Kaew)]], [[Bangkok]]
* [[Wat Phra Kaew|Wat Phra Sri Rattana Satsadaram (Wat Phra Kaew)]], [[Bangkok]]<ref name="royal" />


====First class====
====First class====
* [[Wat Pho|Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimolmangklaram (Wat Pho)]], Bangkok
* [[Wat Pho|Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimolmangklaram (Wat Pho)]], Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Mahathat Yuwarajarangsarit]], Bangkok
* [[Wat Mahathat Yuwarajarangsarit]], Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Suthat|Wat Suthat Thepwararam]], Bangkok
* [[Wat Suthat|Wat Suthat Thepwararam]], Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Bowonniwet|Wat Bowonniwet Vihara]], Bangkok
* [[Wat Bowonniwet|Wat Bowonniwet Vihara]], Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Ratchapradit|Wat Rajapradit Sathitmahasimaram]], Bangkok
* [[Wat Ratchapradit|Wat Rajapradit Sathitmahasimaram]], Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Ratchabophit|Wat Rajabopit Sathitmahasimaram]], Bangkok
* [[Wat Ratchabophit|Wat Rajabopit Sathitmahasimaram]], Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Benchamabophit|Wat Benjamabopit Dusitwanaram]], Bangkok (built on the site of former: Wat Laem (วัดแหลม; Lem), also called Wat Sai Tong.)
* [[Wat Benchamabophit|Wat Benjamabopit Dusitwanaram]], Bangkok<ref name="royal" /> (built on the site of former: Wat Laem (วัดแหลม; Lem), also called Wat Sai Tong.)
* [[Wat Phra Si Mahathat]], Bangkok
* [[Wat Phra Si Mahathat]], Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Arun]]ratchawararam, Bangkok
* [[Wat Arun]]ratchawararam, Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* {{ill|Wat Ratcha-orot|th|วัดราชโอรสารามราชวรวิหาร|lt=Wat Ratcha Orasaram}}, Bangkok
* {{ill|Wat Ratcha-orot|th|วัดราชโอรสารามราชวรวิหาร|lt=Wat Ratcha Orasaram}}, Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* {{ill|Wat Sena Sanaram|th|วัดเสนาสนารามราชวรวิหาร}}, [[Ayutthaya Province|Ayutthaya]]
* {{ill|Wat Sena Sanaram|th|วัดเสนาสนารามราชวรวิหาร}}, [[Ayutthaya Province|Ayutthaya]]<ref name="royal" />
* {{ill|Wat Suwandararam|th|วัดสุวรรณดารารามราชวรวิหาร}}, Ayutthaya
* {{ill|Wat Suwandararam|th|วัดสุวรรณดารารามราชวรวิหาร}}, Ayutthaya<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Niwet Thammaprawat]], Ayutthaya
* [[Wat Niwet Thammaprawat]], Ayutthaya<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Phra Phutthabat]], [[Saraburi Province|Saraburi]]
* [[Wat Phra Phutthabat]], [[Saraburi Province|Saraburi]]<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Yanasangwararam]], [[Chonburi Province|Chonburi]]
* [[Wat Yanasangwararam]], [[Chonburi Province|Chonburi]]<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Phra That Phanom]], [[Nakhon Phanom Province|Nakhon Phanom]]
* [[Wat Phra That Phanom]], [[Nakhon Phanom Province|Nakhon Phanom]]<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Phra Singh]], [[Chiang Mai Province|Chiang Mai]]
* [[Wat Phra Singh]], [[Chiang Mai Province|Chiang Mai]]<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Phra That Hariphunchai]], [[Lamphun Province|Lamphun]]
* [[Wat Phra That Hariphunchai]], [[Lamphun Province|Lamphun]]<ref name="royal" />
* {{ill|Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat, Sukhothai|th|วัดพระศรีรัตนมหาธาตุราชวรวิหาร|lt=Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat}}, [[Sukhothai Province|Sukhothai]]
* {{ill|Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat, Sukhothai|th|วัดพระศรีรัตนมหาธาตุราชวรวิหาร|lt=Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat}}, [[Sukhothai Province|Sukhothai]]<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat]], [[Phitsanulok Province|Phitsanulok]]
* [[Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat]], [[Phitsanulok Province|Phitsanulok]]<ref name="royal" />
* [[Phra Pathom Chedi|Wat Phra Pathom Chedi]], [[Nakhon Pathom Province|Nakhon Pathom]]
* [[Phra Pathom Chedi|Wat Phra Pathom Chedi]], [[Nakhon Pathom Province|Nakhon Pathom]]<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan, Nakhon Si Thammarat|Wat Phra Mahathat]], [[Nakhon Si Thammarat Province|Nakhon Si Thammarat]]
* [[Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan, Nakhon Si Thammarat|Wat Phra Mahathat]], [[Nakhon Si Thammarat Province|Nakhon Si Thammarat]]<ref name="royal" />
* {{ill|Wat Phra Borommathat Chaiya|th|วัดพระบรมธาตุไชยาราชวรวิหาร}}, [[Surat Thani Province|Surat Thani]]
* {{ill|Wat Phra Borommathat Chaiya|th|วัดพระบรมธาตุไชยาราชวรวิหาร}}, [[Surat Thani Province|Surat Thani]]<ref name="royal" />


====Second class====
====Second class====
* Wat Chana Songkhram, [[Bangkok]]<ref name="royal" />
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* [[Wat Saket]], Bangkok. On the grounds of the older, smaller Wat Sakae (วัดสะแก).
* [[Wat Debsirin]]dravas, Bangkok
* Wat Makutkasattriyaram, Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Chakkrawat Rachawat]], Bangkok
* Wat Ratchaburana, Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Traimit|Wat Traimit Witthayaram]], Bangkok
* Wat Rajadhivas Vihara, Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Kalayanamitr]], Bangkok
* Wat Boromniwat, Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
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* [[Wat Saket]], Bangkok.<ref name="royal" /> On the grounds of the older, smaller Wat Sakae (วัดสะแก).
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* [[Wat Prayurawongsawat]] (Wat Prayoom or Wat Rua Lek), Bangkok
* Wat Somanas Vihara, Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
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* [[Wat Phanan Choeng]], [[Ayutthaya Province|Ayutthaya]]
* [[Wat Debsirin]]dravas, Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Bophitphimuk, Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Chakkrawat Rachawat]], Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Traimit|Wat Traimit Witthayaram]], Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Kalayanamitr]], Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
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* [[Wat Prayurawongsawat]] (Wat Prayoom or Wat Rua Lek), Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Molilokkayaram, Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Hong Rattanaram, Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Ratchasittharam, Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Phichayayatikaram, Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Anongkharam, Bangkok<ref name="royal" /> (founded as Wat Noi Kham Thaem)
* Wat Chaiyapruekmala, Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Suwannaram, Bangkok<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Klang, [[Samut Prakan Province|Samut Prakan]]<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Songtham, Samut Prakan<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Phaichayon Phonlasep, Samut Prakan<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Khemaphirataram, [[Nonthaburi Province|Nonthaburi]]<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Chaloem Phra Kiat, Nonthaburi<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Poramaiyikawat, Nonthaburi<ref name="royal" />
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* [[Wat Phanan Choeng]], [[Ayutthaya Province|Ayutthaya]]<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Sala Poon, Ayutthaya<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Borommawong Itsarawararam, Ayutthaya<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Chumphon Nikayaram, Ayutthaya<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Chaiyo, [[Ang Thong Province|Ang Thong]]<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Pa Mok, Ang Thong<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Phra Borommathat, [[Chainat Province|Chainat]]<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Phra That Choeng Chum, [[Sakon Nakhon Province|Sakon Nakhon]]<ref name="royal" />
* [[Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep|Wat Phra That Doi Suthep]], [[Chiang Mai Province|Chiang Mai]]<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Sattanat Pariwat, [[Ratchaburi Province|Ratchaburi]]<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Amphawan Chetiyaram, [[Samut Songkhram Province|Samut Songkhram]]<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Khongkharam, [[Phetchaburi Province|Phetchaburi]]<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Maha Samanaram, Phetchaburi<ref name="royal" />
* Wat Thammikaram, [[Prachuap Khiri Khan Province|Prachuap Khiri Khan]]<ref name="royal" />


====Third class====
====Third class====

Revision as of 04:05, 4 February 2025

Wat Phra Kaew, or Temple of the Emerald Buddha, is Thailand's primary and most important temple.

There are a total of 42,626 Buddhist temples (Wat) in Thailand as of 2021, according to the National Office of Buddhism. Of theese, 38,297 are of the Maha Nikaya and 4,291 are of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya orders of the Theravada school, while 15 are of the Chinese Nikaya and 23 are of the Anam Nikaya orders of the Mahayana school. There are 310 temples, 247 of the Maha Nikaya order and 63 of the Dhammayut order, that hold the status of royal temple. Royal wisungkhamasima (Pali: visuṃ gāmasīmā), official recognition of a temple's legitimacy, has been granted to 25,794 temples.[1] There are also 5,388 abandoned temples, as of December 2022.[2]

By class

Royal temples

Royal temples (Thai: พระอารามหลวง) are those formally associated with the monarchy, and hold special status, generally divided into three classes.[3] They are listed here comprehensively as follows.[4]

Special class

First class

Second class

Third class

By province

The following is a list of Buddhist temples in Thailand for which there are Wikipedia articles:

Northern Thailand

Chiang Mai

Wat Chedi Luang during the yearly Inthakin Festival, Chiang Mai
Wat Phra That Lampang Luang, Lampang
Wat Phumin, Nan

Chiang Rai

Lampang

Lamphun

Mae Hong Son

Nakhon Sawan

Nan

Nong Khai

Phayao

Phetchabun

Phichit

Uthai Thani

Uttaradit

Northeastern Thailand

Khon Kaen

Maha Sarakham

Nakhon Phanom

Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Sakon Nakhon

Sisaket

Ubon Ratchathani

Udon Thani

Western Thailand

Kanchanaburi

Central Thailand

Ayutthaya

Wat Mahathat
An overgrown sandstone Buddha statue, near the minor chapels of Wat Maha That in Ayutthaya

Bangkok

Wat Benchamabophit
Wat Ratchaorotsaram
Wat Ratchathiwat
Wat Suthat

Lopburi

Nakhon Nayok

Nakhon Pathom

Nonthaburi

Pathum Thani

Phitsanulok

Samut Prakan

Samut Songkhram

Saraburi

Suphan Buri

Eastern Thailand

Chachoengsao

Chonburi

Trat

Southern Thailand

Ko Samui

Krabi

Nakhon Si Thammarat

Phuket

Surat Thani

See also

References

  1. ^ "จำนวนวัดในประเทศ ปี 2555-2564" (xlsx). National Office of Buddhism (in Thai). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  2. ^ "จำนวนวัดร้างในประเทศ ประจำปี พ.ศ. 2568 (แยกรายจังหวัด)" (pdf). National Office of Buddhism (in Thai). Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  3. ^ พระอารามหลวง เล่ม 1 [Royal temples, Vol. 1] (PDF). Bangkok: Department of Religious Affairs, Ministry of Culture. 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm "พระอารามหลวง". dhammathai.org. Theravada Buddhism Information Network. Archived from the original on 2004-09-21.
  5. ^ "Wat Nakhot Luang | Southeast Asia Digital Library". sea.lib.niu.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  6. ^ "Wat Bunyawat | Southeast Asia Digital Library". sea.lib.niu.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  7. ^ "Wat Thung Kha | Southeast Asia Digital Library". sea.lib.niu.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
  8. ^ "Wat Monpuyak | Southeast Asia Digital Library". sea.lib.niu.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-30.
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