List of Buddhist temples in Thailand

There are 44,195 Buddhist temples in Thailand, as of 1 March 2025, according to the National Office of Buddhism. Of these, 311 are royal temples (Thai: พระอารามหลวง, RTGS: phra aram luang). The temples can also be categorized according to the school of Buddhism and the monastic order, as set out in the table below.

Status School Order No. of temples
Royal Theravāda Dhammayuttika Nikāya 63
Mahā Nikāya 248
Common Dhammayuttika Nikāya 4,720
Mahā Nikāya 39,122
Mahāyāna Chinese Nikāya 17
Annam Nikāya 25
44,195

Official recognition of a temple's legitimacy (Thai: วิสุงคามสีมา, RTGS: wisungkhamasima; Pali: visuṃgāmasīmā) has been granted to 26,782 temples. As of December 2022, there are an additional 5,388 temples that have been classified as abandoned.

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