Buddhist temple
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A Buddhist temple or Buddhist monastery is the place of worship for adherents of Buddhism. They include the structures called vihara, chaitya, stupa, wat, khurul and pagoda in different regions and la
Shwedagon Pagoda, a fourteenth century Theravada Buddhist temple in Yangon, Myanmar
Tall circular Buddhist temple, early 1st Century CE, Mathura Museum
Ashoka's Mahabodhi Temple and Diamond throne in Bodh Gaya, built circa 250 BCE. Bharhut frieze
Bodhi tree temple depicted in Sanchi, Stupa 1, Southern gateway
Buddhist temples in Japan
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Buddhist temples or monasteries are the most numerous, famous, and important religious buildings in Japan. The shogunates or leaders of Japan have made it a priority to update and rebuild Buddhist tem
Buddhist temple
…sometimes interchangeable with a stupa, a domed structure to store Buddhist relics or the ashes of cremated Buddhist priests, patrons or benefactors. Japanese Buddhist temples typically include a Main Hall. A distinctive feature is the chinjusha, a Shinto shrine devoted to the temple's kami. Buddhism co-existed with Shinto…
Higashi Hongan-ji in Kyoto
A torii at the entrance of Shitennō-ji, a Buddhist temple in Osaka
Honden of the Zennyo Ryūō shrine, inside a Shingon temple in Kyoto
A Buddhist-style gate (karamon) at Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū