| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Sanchi
District : Great Stupa
Site / Event : West Gateway
|
 |
Detail showing Buddhist symbolism.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Sanchi
District : Great Stupa
Site / Event : West Gateway
|
 |
Elephants are a symbol of Buddhism.
|
1989 |
| India |
State / Province : Madhya Pradesh
City / Town : Sanchi
|
 |
Khamb Baba is a pillar erected by Heliodorus, a Greek ambassador from the Graeco-Buddhist city of Taxila (now in Pakistan).
|
1989 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Borobudur
|
 |
Borobudur is the largest Buddhist structure in the world.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Borobudur
|
 |
Buddha in an alcove.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Borobudur
|
 |
Buddha surrounded by trees.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Borobudur
|
 |
The Buddha on a horse.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Borobudur
|
 |
One of over 400 images of the Buddha.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Borobudur
|
 |
The top three levels contain 72 Buddhas partially hidden in laticed stupas.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Borobudur
|
 |
Stone bell-shaped stupas containing Buddhas.
|
1983 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Borobudur
|
 |
Exposed Buddha.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Borobudur
|
 |
One of 400 Buddha statues at Borobudur.
|
1983 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Borobudur
Site / Event : Mendut Temple
|
 |
The temple is believed to grant wishes made to the Buddha.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Prambanan
|
 |
The Kalasan Temple is Buddhist and dates from 778.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
Region : Dieng Plateau
|
 |
A series of Hindu-Buddhist temples, the oldest in Java.
|
1983 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Malang
Site / Event : Singosari Temple
|
 |
The Singosari Temple (1300) is one of many Hindu-Buddhist temples around Malang.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Java
City / Town : Malang
Site / Event : Kidal Temple
|
 |
Geruda, a humanoid bird that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist iconography.
|
1992 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Bali
City / Town : Banjar
Site / Event : Buddhist Temple
|
 |
Banjar is predominantly Buddhist and has a Buddhist temple.
|
1983 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Bali
City / Town : Banjar
Site / Event : Buddhist Temple
|
 |
Buddha.
|
1983 |
| Indonesia |
State / Province : Bali
City / Town : Banjar
Site / Event : Buddhist Temple
|
 |
Buddha figure in the garden.
|
1983 |
| Iraq |
State / Province : Iraqi Kurdistan
City / Town : Erbil
District : Citadel
Site / Event : Kurdish Textile Museum
|
 |
Swastica (a symbol of Buddhism) on a kilim.
|
2022 |
| Israel / Palestine |
State / Province : West Jerusalem
City / Town : Jerusalem
District : Holocaust Museum
|
 |
The Swastica was a Nazi symbol that originated from a Hindu and Buddhist religious sign.
|
2019 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kamakura
|
 |
The 11m high bronze Buddha at Kamakura, a former capital of Japan.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kamakura
|
 |
The bronze Buddha was cast in 1252 and weighs 100 tonnes.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kamakura
Site / Event : Kencho-ji
|
 |
The main gate (1825) of the Kencho-ji Zen Buddhist monastery.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kamakura
Site / Event : Kencho-ji
|
 |
Kencho-ji is the oldest Zen Buddhist monastery in Japan (1253).
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kyoto
Site / Event : Nishi-Honganji Temple
|
 |
The temple is the mother temple for all Buddhist temples in Japan.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kyoto
Site / Event : Higashi Honganji Temple
|
 |
The Higashi Honganji Temple is Buddhist.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kyoto
Site / Event : Nanzen-Ji Temple
|
 |
The temple is Zen Buddhist.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kyoto
Site / Event : Ninnaji Temple
|
 |
The temple is of the Omuro school of Buddhism.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Kofukuji Temple
|
 |
The temple is Buddhist.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Todaiji Temple
|
 |
Daibatsu is the largest bronze Buddha in Japan. It is 16m high.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Nara
Site / Event : Nigatsudo
|
 |
Carved wooden panel depicting the Buddha.
|
1988 |
| Japan |
City / Town : Kanazawa
Site / Event : Suzuki Museum
|
 |
Suzuki brought Zen Buddhism to the West.
|
2024 |
| Laos |
Region : Mekong River
|
 |
 Riverside Buddha.
|
2024 |
| Laos |
Region : Mekong River
City / Town : Pak Ou Caves
|
 |
The Pak Ou Caves (also known as the 1000 Buddha Caves).
|
2024 |
| Laos |
Region : Mekong River
City / Town : Pak Ou Caves
|
 |
Buddhas and carved rock.
|
2024 |
| Laos |
Region : Mekong River
City / Town : Pak Ou Caves
|
 |
Shrine made up from Buddha figuines.
|
2024 |
| Laos |
Region : Mekong River
City / Town : Pak Ou Caves
|
 |
Collection of Buddhas.
|
2024 |
| Laos |
Region : Mekong River
City / Town : Pak Ou Caves
|
 |
Shelf with Buddha statuettes.
|
2024 |
| Laos |
Region : Mekong River
City / Town : Pak Ou Caves
|
 |
A shrine with many Buddhas.
|
2024 |
| Laos |
Region : Mekong River
City / Town : Pak Ou Caves
|
 |
Statue of a Buddha desciple.
|
2024 |
| Laos |
City / Town : Luang Prabang
Site / Event : Wat Xieng Thong
|
 |
Reclining Buddha in a tomb shaped chapel.
|
2024 |
| Laos |
City / Town : Luang Prabang
Site / Event : Wat Xieng Mouane
|
 |
Paintings about the Buddha.
|
2024 |
| Laos |
City / Town : Luang Prabang
Site / Event : Wat Mai Souvannapoumaram
|
 |
The main building (sim) contains the Buddha.
|
2024 |
| Laos |
City / Town : Luang Prabang
District : Royal Palace
|
 |
Wat Ho Pha Bang contains an 83cm high gold Buddha.
|
2024 |
| Laos |
Region : Xieng Khouang Plateau
City / Town : Plain of Jars
|
 |
Buddha on a nearby hill.
|
2024 |
| Laos |
Region : Xieng Khouang Plateau
City / Town : Muang Khaoun
|
 |
The Buddha has lost an eye.
|
2024 |
| Laos |
Region : Xieng Khouang Plateau
City / Town : Muang Khaoun
|
 |
Small Buddhas.
|
2024 |
| Laos |
City / Town : Vientiane
Site / Event : Wat Si Saket
|
 |
The cloisters around the main building are full of Buddhas.
|
2025 |
| Laos |
City / Town : Vientiane
Site / Event : Wat Si Saket
|
 |
The main Buddha.
|
2025 |
| Laos |
City / Town : Vientiane
Site / Event : Wat Si Saket
|
 |
Shrine surrounded by Buddha statues.
|
2025 |
| Laos |
City / Town : Vientiane
District : Pha That Luang
|
 |
Buddhas in the cloister.
|
2025 |
| Laos |
City / Town : Vientiane
District : Pha That Luang
Site / Event : Wat That Luang Neua
|
 |
Burmese style Buddha.
|
2025 |
| Laos |
City / Town : Pakse
Site / Event : Wat Phusalao
|
 |
The golden Buddha of Wat Phusalao looks over the city and the river.
|
2025 |
| Laos |
City / Town : Pakse
Site / Event : Wat Phusalao
|
 |
The Buddha.
|
2025 |
| Laos |
Region : Champasak
Site / Event : Wat Phu
|
 |
The shrine is now Buddhist.
|
2025 |
| Macao |
Region : Taipa Island
City / Town : Macao
Site / Event : Kun Iam Temple
|
 |
Kun Iam Temple is 400 years old and Buddhist.
|
1988 |
| Macao |
Region : Taipa Island
City / Town : Macao
Site / Event : Kun Iam Temple
|
 |
Buddhist monks.
|
1988 |
| Malaysia |
State / Province : Peninsular
Region : Penang Island
Site / Event : Kek Lok Si Temple
|
 |
The Million Buddhas Pagoda.
|
1983 |
| Malaysia |
State / Province : Peninsular
Region : Penang Island
Site / Event : Kek Lok Si Temple
|
 |
Some of the million Buddhas that give the pagoda its name.
|
1983 |
| Malaysia |
State / Province : Peninsular
Region : Penang Island
Site / Event : Kek Lok Si Temple
|
 |
Tiled Buddhas.
|
1983 |
| Malaysia |
State / Province : Peninsular
Region : Penang Island
Site / Event : Kek Lok Si Temple
|
 |
The temple pagoda is said to house a million images of the Buddha.
|
1983 |
| Malaysia |
State / Province : Peninsular
Region : Penang Island
Site / Event : Kek Lok Si Temple
|
 |
Large Buddha.
|
1983 |
| Malaysia |
State / Province : Peninsular
Region : Penang Island
Site / Event : Kek Lok Si Temple
|
 |
Three standing Buddhas.
|
1983 |
| Malaysia |
State / Province : Peninsular
Region : Penang Island
Site / Event : Kek Lok Si Temple
|
 |
Painted Buddha.
|
1983 |
| Malaysia |
State / Province : Peninsular
City / Town : Jambu
Site / Event : Wat Phothivihan
|
 |
Wat Phothivihan is a Thai influenced Buddhist temple.
|
1992 |
| Malaysia |
State / Province : Peninsular
City / Town : Jambu
Site / Event : Wat Phothivihan
|
 |
The temple is famous for the 40m long reclining Buddha.
|
1992 |
| Malaysia |
State / Province : Peninsular
City / Town : Jambu
Site / Event : Wat Phothivihan
|
 |
The face of the reclining Buddha.
|
1992 |
| Malaysia |
State / Province : Peninsular
City / Town : Jambu
Site / Event : Wat Phothivihan
|
 |
Panels showing the life of the Buddha.
|
1992 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
 |
Painted images of the Buddha.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
 |
Guilded Buddha.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
 |
Reclining Buddha, dating from 1769.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Rangoon
Site / Event : Shwedagon Pagoda
|
 |
Buddha with flowers.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
District : Mandalay Hill
|
 |
One of the many Buddha shrines on the summit of the hill.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
District : Mandalay Hill
|
 |
Golden coloured Buddha statue.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mandalay
District : Mandalay Hill
|
 |
The Marble Buddha.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Mingun
Site / Event : Hsinbyume Pagoda
|
 |
A small Buddhist shrine.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Pagan
|
 |
Pitakat Taik was originally a library for Buddhist scriptures built in 1058.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Pagan
Site / Event : Mingalazedi Temple
|
 |
The temple is covered in tiles illustrating the life of the Buddha.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Pagan
Site / Event : Lemyethna Temple
|
 |
The temple has many colourful Buddhas and frescos.
|
1983 |
| Myanmar |
City / Town : Pagan
Site / Event : Nandamannyaa Temple
|
 |
Buddhist fresco.
|
1983 |
| Nepal |
State / Province : Kathmandu Valley
City / Town : Kathmandu
Site / Event : Sweta Machhendranath Temple
|
 |
The Sweta Machhendranath Temple is holy to Buddhists and Hindus.
|
1990 |
| Nepal |
State / Province : Kathmandu Valley
City / Town : Kirtipur
|
 |
An abandoned Buddhist temple.
|
1990 |
| Nepal |
State / Province : Kathmandu Valley
City / Town : Kirtipur
|
 |
The Bagh Bairab Temple is sacred to both Buddhists and Hindus.
|
1990 |
| Nepal |
State / Province : Kathmandu Valley
City / Town : Patan
|
 |
Patan is the second largest town in the valley with a Buddhist history going back to 250 BCE.
|
1990 |
| Nepal |
State / Province : Kathmandu Valley
City / Town : Patan
Site / Event : Mahabuddha Temple
|
 |
Mahabuddha Temple is modelled on a famous temple in India.
|
1990 |
| Nepal |
State / Province : Kathmandu Valley
City / Town : Patan
Site / Event : Mahabuddha Temple
|
 |
Carved Buddhas on the exterior of the temple.
|
1983 |
| Nepal |
State / Province : Kathmandu Valley
City / Town : Bodhnath
Site / Event : Bodhnath Stupa
|
 |
The Buddha's eyes watch over four directions.
|
1990 |
| Nepal |
State / Province : Kathmandu Valley
City / Town : Bodhnath
Site / Event : Bodhnath Stupa
|
 |
The curved street around the Buddhist stupa.
|
1990 |
| Nepal |
State / Province : Kathmandu Valley
City / Town : Bodhnath
Site / Event : Bodhnath Stupa
|
 |
Buddhist pilgrims and beggars around the stupa.
|
1990 |
| Nepal |
State / Province : Kathmandu Valley
City / Town : Swayambhudnath
|
 |
Swayambhudnath is a 2000 year old Buddhist temple on a hilltop.
|
1983 |
| Nepal |
State / Province : Kathmandu Valley
City / Town : Swayambhudnath
|
 |
Images of the Buddha.
|
1990 |
| Nepal |
State / Province : Everest Trek
Region : Namche
City / Town : Namche Bazaar
|
 |
Buddhist temple.
|
1990 |
| Nepal |
State / Province : Annapurna Trek
Region : Upper Marsyandi Valley
|
 |
Buddhist prilgrims.
|
1990 |
| Nepal |
State / Province : Annapurna Trek
Region : Upper Marsyandi Valley
City / Town : Tal
|
 |
The entrance to the village is a stone kani. This indicates Buddhist influence.
|
1990 |
| Nepal |
State / Province : Annapurna Trek
Region : Upper Marsyandi Valley
City / Town : Bagerchhap
|
 |
A Buddhist chorten.
|
1990 |
| Nepal |
State / Province : Annapurna Trek
Region : Upper Marsyandi Valley
City / Town : Bagerchhap
|
 |
A Buddhist shrine.
|
1990 |
| Nepal |
State / Province : Annapurna Trek
Region : Upper Marsyandi Valley
City / Town : Chame
|
 |
Buddhist shrine.
|
1990 |
| Nepal |
State / Province : Annapurna Trek
Region : Upper Marsyandi Valley
City / Town : Talung
|
 |
Buddhist prayer flags over Talung.
|
1990 |
