Popular religious places in Bangkok

Wat Pho is known as the Temple of the Reclining Buddha. The image of the reclining Buddha is huge. The temple is also known as the birthplace of traditional ...

Wat Arun, often called the Temple of Dawn, is located on the other side of the Chao Phraya River in Thonburi, you can find more information in that district ...

Wat Phra Kaew or the Temple of the Emerald Buddha is regarded as the most important Buddhist temple in Thailand. Located in the historic centre of Bangkok, ...

This temple is one of the highlights of Yaowarat, but is actually not part of China's cultural heritage. It houses the Phra Phuttha Maha Suwan Patimakon, the ...

Wat Saket was built outside of the former city walls in the late 18th-century in the reign of King Rama I. It served as the capital's crematorium, and ...

Erawan Shrine (ศาลพระพรหม Saan Phra Phrom), 494 Ratchadamri Rd (BTS Chit Lom), ☎ +66 2 254-1234, [2]. 06:00-00:00 daily. A Hindu shrine that houses a statue of ...

The newest of Bangkok's famous temples, this unique wat has been constructed during the reign of King Rama V. It employs European ecclesiastic details, such as ...

This wat is becoming more and more off the beaten path as it is quite hard to walk here from the Grand Palace. Wat Suthat is huge and actually one of the most ...

Wat Ratchanaddaram is a buddhist temple (wat ) located at the intersection between Ratchadamnoen Klang and Maha Chai Road, in Phra Nakhon district, ...

One of only two Hindu temples in Bangkok, the Sri Mariamman Temple is actually a great experience. It was created in the 1860s by Tamil immigrants, and as with...

Wat Bowonniwet was built in 1829, this is the shrine-hall of Phra Phutthachinnasi, a beautiful Buddha image that was created around 1357. This is one of the ...

Built during Ayutthaya period, the temple was then known as Wat Salak. Soon after Bangkok was established as the capital of Siam , the temple became ...

Wat Hua Lamphong Rarely visited by foreigners, Wat Hua Lamphong is actually not that remarkable, but it is lively and thus gives a good insight in how the ...