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A Buddhist temple or Buddhist monastery is the place of worship for Buddhists, the followers of Buddhism. They include the structures called vihara, chaitya, stupa, wat and pagoda in different regions and languages. Temples in Buddhism represent the pure land or pure environment of a Buddha. Traditional Buddhist temples are designed to inspire ...
Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple in the world, [6] [3] and ranks with Bagan in Myanmar and Angkor Wat in Cambodia as one of the great archeological sites of Southeast Asia. Borobudur remains popular for pilgrimage, with Buddhists in Indonesia celebrating Vesak Day at the monument.
The Four Heavenly Kings Hall at Guangfu Temple, in Shanghai.. The Hall of Four Heavenly Kings or Four Heavenly Kings Hall (Chinese: 天王殿; pinyin: Tiānwángdiàn), referred to as Hall of Heavenly Kings, is the first important hall inside a shanmen (mount gate) in Chinese Buddhist temples and is named due to the Four Heavenly Kings statues enshrined in the hall.
Buddha statue in Borobudur (), the world's largest Buddhist temple.. Buddhist religious architecture developed in the Indian subcontinent.Three types of structures are associated with the religious architecture of early Buddhism: monasteries (), places to venerate relics (), and shrines or prayer halls (chaityas, also called chaitya grihas), which later came to be called temples in some places.
The temple was to be named later Rinzai Gokokuzen-ji (臨済護国禅寺), and it was a branch temple of Rinzai Zen Buddhism in Japanese rule period. Construction of the temple started in 1900 and was completed in 1911(明治44年) with the original name Chin'nanzan Gokoku-ji Temple (鎮南護山國禪寺) which means that the temple was meant ...
Main hall or Main Temple is the building within a Japanese Buddhist monastery compound which enshrines the main object of veneration. [1] Because the various denominations deliberately use different terms, this single English term translates several Japanese words, among them butsuden , butsu-dō , kondō , konpon-chūdō , and hondō .
The Dharma Hall, also known as Lecture Hall, is an important building in Han Chinese Buddhist temples. [1] The Dharma Hall is the place for senior monks to preach and generally ranks right after the Mahavira Hall. [1] With the similar architecture form with other halls, the Dharma Hall is more spacious. [1]
Phra Chedi (right) and Phra Wihan (left) in 2022. Wat Chiang Man (Thai: วัดเชียงมั่น, Northern Thai − sometimes also written as Wat Chiang Mun) is a Buddhist temple (Thai language: Wat) inside the old city (which is contained within the city walls and moat) of Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand.