Temples in Thailand

Displaying religious art made almost exclusively in modern styles helps set this Buddhist temple apart from the myriad others in Bangkok.

This statue took 60 years to complete.

A unique Buddhist temple with strange statues, beehives, and dinosaurs.

This enormous gold Buddha statue was hidden inside a stucco decoy for centuries.

Founded during the Ayutthaya era, this unique Buddhist temple remains shipshape to this day.

Limestone outcrop decorated with a large laser engraving of the Buddha.

This Khmer-era temple includes a lintel that was stolen and displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago for years before returning to Thailand.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

At the right time of day, sunlight floods through the roof of this cave and illuminates the small pavilion hidden within.

This serene bamboo walkway allows Buddhist monks from remote temples access to the nearby village.

An underwater temple submerged for 20 years has resurfaced with an extreme drought.

A Buddhist shrine in a cave protected by macaques next to dark passages lined with creepy paintings.

This elegant carving of the Buddha guards a small Buddhist temple within a cave.

Parts of this sprawling temple complex are deteriorating, but its founder’s body remains intact.

Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.

Gruesome statues of people reborn in Buddhist hell stand among the ruins of an 11th-century sanctuary.