page_title: Religion in Birmingham
section_title: Buddhism
hierarchical_section_title: Religion in Birmingham / Buddhism
caption_attribution_description: English: Buddhist Vihara in Ladywood, Birmingham, England
context_page_description: Modern-day Birmingham's cultural diversity is reflected in the wide variety of religious beliefs of its citizens. 74.1% of residents identified themselves as belonging to a particular faith in the 2011 Census, while 19.3% stated they had no religion and a further 6.5% did not answer the question.
context_section_description: 0.4% of the city's residents identified themselves as Buddhist, which is the same as the average for England and Wales. There are over twenty groups of various kinds, and in a variety of buildings, in the city. The most impressive of Birmingham's three Theravada monasteries  is the purpose-built Dhamma Talaka Pagoda behind Edgbaston Reservoir, the only such building in traditional Burmese style in the Western hemisphere, which was opened in 1998.
caption: Dhammatalaka Peace Pagoda in Ladywood
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