There are 44,195Buddhist temples in Thailand, as of 1 March 2025, according to theNational 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.[1]
| 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.[1] As of December 2022, there are an additional 5,388 temples that have been classified as abandoned.[2]
Royal temples are those formally associated with the monarchy, and hold special status, generally divided into three classes.[3] They are listed here comprehensively as follows.[4]
There are 23 first-class royal temples. They are divided into three types:ratchaworamahawihan,ratchaworawihan, andworamahawihan.
There are 42 second-class royal temples. They are divided into four types:ratchaworamahawihan,ratchaworawihan,woramahawihan, andworawihan.
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The third-class royal temples are divided into three types:ratchaworawihan,worawihan, andsaman.
The following is a list of non-royal Buddhist temples (Thai:วัดราษฏร์,RTGS: wat rat) in Thailand for which there are Wikipedia articles:
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