page_title: List of Buddhist temples in Thailand
section_title: Bangkok
hierarchical_section_title: List of Buddhist temples in Thailand / By region / Central Thailand / Bangkok
caption_attribution_description: English: Wat Ratchathiwat, Bangkok, Thailand
context_page_description: There are a total of 41,205 Buddhist temples in Thailand since last update. This is confirmed, of which 33,902 are in current use, according to the Office of National Buddhism. 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, 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:
context_section_description: Wat Anongkaram
  Wat Arun (วัดอรุณ; formerly: Wat Cheng)
  Wat Benchamabophit (marble temple)
  Wat Bopitpimukh
  Wat Boromniwat
  Wat Bowonniwet
  Wat Chaiyaprukmala
  Wat Chakkrawadrajawas
  Wat Chanasongkhram
  Wat Chinorasaram
  Wat Dusidaram วัดดุสิตาราม
  Wat Hongratanaram
  Wat Hua Lamphong วัดหัวลำโพง
  Wat Intharavihara
  Wat Kanlayanimitr วัดกัลยาณมิตร
  Wat Mahabut
  Wat Mahathat
  Wat Mangkon Kamalawat วัดมังกรกมลาวาส
  Wat Mongkhutkasat
  Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen วัดปากน้ำภาษีเจริญ
  Wat Pathum Wanaram
  Wat Phichayayatikaram
  Wat Pho (Wat Phrachetuphon)
  Wat Phra Kaew วัดพระแก้ว
  Wat Phra Srimahathat
  Wat Pichaiyat
  Wat Prathoomkongkha
  Wat Prayoonwongsawat
  Wat Rakhangkhositaram (early during the Bangkok Era: Wat Bang Va Jai (= Bang Wa Yai)
  Wat Ratchabopit วัดราชบพิตร
  Wat Ratchaburana (up to the second reign, Wat Lieb or Liab, วัดเลียบ)
  Wat Ratchanadda วัดราชนัดดา
  Wat Rajorasaram
  Wat Ratchapradit
  Wat Ratchasitaram
  Wat Ratchathiwat
  Wat Saket (Golden Mount temple)
  Wat Sommanat
  Wat Suthat the Giant Swing
  Wat Suwannaram วัดสุวรรณาราม
  Wat Thammamongkhon วัดธรรมมงคล
  Wat Thepsirin
  Wat Thepthidaram
  Wat Traimit
  Wat Yannawa (วัดยานนาวา)
caption: Wat Ratchathiwat
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