Made out of Italian white marble, the temple was designed by Prince Naris, the half-brother of King Rama V, for King Chulalongkorn, who had…
One of the ten royal temples of the highest class was originally built to house the relics of Buddha.
Established in 1906, the monastery houses three statues of Buddha. Each statue represents a different life of Buddha - the past one, the…
Shimogamo Shrine is an important Shinto sanctuary in the Shimogamo district of Kyoto city's Sakyō ward. Its formal name is Kamo-mioya-jinja.
Come and marvel at the walls of this Royal Buddhist temple that nowadays enclose a Buddhist university.
Hōryū-ji is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Originally built in 1934, this Buddhist complex was redesigned in the 1990s according to the Tang dynasty style.
The Sviyazhsk Assumption Monastery in Sviyazhsk, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia is a male Russian Orthodox monastery, included in UNESCO…
Ivolginsky Datsan is the center of the Buddhist Traditional Sangha of Russia.
The Saviour Monastery of St. Euthymius is a monastery in Suzdal, Russia, founded in 1352.
Haghartsin is a 13th-century monastery located near the town of Dilijan in the Tavush Province of Armenia.
Sevanavank is a monastic complex located on a peninsula at the northwestern shore of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, not…
Abbey of the Dormition is a Catholic abbey belonging to the Benedictine Order in Jerusalem, on Mount Zion, just outside the walls of the…
The Monastery of the Temptation is a Greek Orthodox monastery located in Jericho, Palestine.
This historical monastery was restored in the 19th century and it is now operating again.
Akeldama is the Aramaic name for a place in Jerusalem associated with Judas Iscariot, one of the original twelve apostles of Jesus.
Vorotnavank is a monastic complex located along a ridge overlooking the Vorotan gorge, between the villages of Vaghatin and Vorotan, about…
Old Ghoom Monastery is the popular name of Yiga Choeling. The monastery belongs to the Gelukpa or the Yellow Hat sect and is known for its…
Belogorsky Convent is a priory in Perm Krai, Russia. Located 85 km south of Perm and 50 km from Kungur, on Belaya Gora.
Kikokuzan Kongō Jufuku Zenji, usually known as Jufuku-ji, is a temple of the Kenchō-ji branch of the Rinzai sect and the oldest Zen temple…
Belur Math is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda, the chief disciple of…
