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* [[Wat Phra Boromathat Chaiya]]
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* [[Wat Phra Karn thakhanon]]
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=====Ko Samui=====
* [[Wat Phra Yai]]
* [[Wat Khunaram]]
* [[Wat Lamai]]
* [[Wat Phra Raow Taow]]
* [[Wat Khao Hua Juk]]


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 11:24, 31 July 2013

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

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 (Template:Lang-pi), 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:

By class

Royal temples

Special class

First class

Second class

Third class

By region

Northern Thailand

Chiang Mai

Wat Chedi Luang

Chiang Rai

Lampang

Lamphun

Nan

Phayao

Phetchabun

Uttaradit


Northeastern Thailand

Khon Kaen

Udon Thani


Western Thailand

Kanchanaburi


Central Thailand

Ayutthaya

Wat Mahathat

Bangkok

Wat Benchamabophit
Wat Ratchaorotsaram
Wat Ratchathiwat

Nakhon Pathom

Pathum Thani

Phitsanulok

Saraburi

Eastern Thailand

Southern Thailand

Phuket

Surat Thani

Ko Samui

See also

References

  1. ^ Dhammathai.org, ข้อมูลวัดทางสถิติ, Theravada Buddhism Information Network, retrieved 2008-10-13. Template:Th icon.