| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Afghanistan |
City / Town : Kabul
Site / Event : National Museum
|
 |
 Map showing Buddhist sites in Afghanistan.
|
2025 |
| Argentina |
City / Town : Buenos Aires
Site / Event : Museum of Decorative Arts
|
 |
Buddhist statue.
|
2019 |
| Australia |
State / Province : South Australia
City / Town : Adelaide
Site / Event : Art Gallery of South Australia
|
 |
Early 20th century Buddhist manuscript from Burma.
|
2012 |
| Australia |
State / Province : Victoria
City / Town : Melbourne
|
 |
Buddhist temple.
|
2023 |
| Bangladesh |
City / Town : Mahasthangarh
|
 |
The city wall of the ancient Buddhist capital of Pundravardham.
|
1990 |
| Bangladesh |
City / Town : Pahapur
Site / Event : Somapuri Vihara
|
 |
The Somapuri Vihara is a 20m high 8th century Buddhist temple.
|
1990 |
| Bangladesh |
City / Town : Pahapur
Site / Event : Somapuri Vihara
|
 |
The Somapuri Vihara is the largest Buddhist structure on the subcontinent.
|
1990 |
| Bangladesh |
City / Town : Chittagong
|
 |
A Buddhist monk. Chittagong is close to the Burmese border.
|
1990 |
| Bangladesh |
City / Town : Ramu
|
 |
Ramu is a Buddhist village with two monasteries.
|
1990 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Wat Phnom
|
 |
Buddhist shrine at the base of the main stupa.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
Buddhist style stupa.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
Mural of a Buddhist temple.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
Carved elephant indicating Buddhism.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Phnom Penh
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
The Silver Pagoda has silver floor tiles as well as gold Buddhas.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Angkor
District : Angkor Thom
Site / Event : Bayon Temple
|
 |
Buddhist carving.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Angkor
|
 |
Ta Keo is an 11th century Buddhist temple with a 50m high central tower.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Angkor
Site / Event : Ta Prohm
|
 |
Ta Prohm is a 12th century Buddhist temple which has been left in its unrestored overgrown state.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Angkor
Site / Event : Lolei
|
 |
Lolei is a 9th century Buddhist monastery.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Angkor
Site / Event : Ta Bakong
|
 |
The Buddhist interior of the temple.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Angkor
Site / Event : Ta Bakong
|
 |
Painted door and wall with Buddha.
|
1992 |
| Cambodia |
City / Town : Angkor
Site / Event : Ta Bakong
|
 |
Modern Buddhist temple.
|
1992 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Royal Ontario Museum
|
 |
Vairocana Buddha from North China (Ming Dynasty, 16-17th century).
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Royal Ontario Museum
|
 |
Chinese Buddhist stele from 523.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Royal Ontario Museum
|
 |
6th century statues of three Chinese Buddhist monks.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Royal Ontario Museum
|
 |
Budai (a Buddhist monk) with a cloth bag.
|
2019 |
| Canada |
City / Town : Toronto
Site / Event : Bata Shoe Museum
|
 |
19th century Indian shoes with lotus blossom toe knobs. The lotus is important in both Hinduism and Buddhism.
|
2019 |
| China |
State / Province : Guangdong
City / Town : Guangzhou
Site / Event : Temple of the Six Banyan Trees
|
 |
The Buddhist Temple of the Six Banyan Trees.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Yunnan
City / Town : Kunming
Site / Event : Yang Tong Temple
|
 |
The site is the largest Buddhist complex in the city.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Xigatse
Site / Event : Tashilhunpo
|
 |
Yellow paintings of Buddhas.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Xigatse
Site / Event : Tashilhunpo
|
 |
Buddhist calendar.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Xigatse
Site / Event : Tashilhunpo
|
 |
Wall painting depicting Buddhas.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
Region : Brahmaputra Valley
|
 |
Painted rock Buddha near Lhasa.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Potala Palace
|
 |
Painting from Buddhist mythology.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Drepung Monastery
|
 |
Carved wooden binding for Buddhist scriptures.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Tibet
City / Town : Lhasa
Site / Event : Drepung Monastery
|
 |
Rocks painted with Buddhas.
|
1990 |
| China |
State / Province : Sichuan
City / Town : Chengdu
Site / Event : Wenshu Monastery
|
 |
The complex is the largest and best preserved of the city's Buddhist sites.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Sichuan
City / Town : Chengdu
Site / Event : Wenshu Monastery
|
 |
The 4.5m high White Jade Buddha from Myanmar.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Sichuan
City / Town : Chengdu
Site / Event : Wenshu Monastery
|
 |
The interior of the Buddha hall.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Sichuan
City / Town : Chengdu
Site / Event : Wuhiu Temple
|
 |
Wuhiu Temple is a Buddhist shrine, rebuilt in 1672.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Sichuan
City / Town : Leshan
Site / Event : Dafu
|
 |
Dafu is the world's largest Buddha at 71m high. It was started in 713 and took 90 years to complete.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Sichuan
City / Town : Dazu
Site / Event : Northern Hill
|
 |
Buddhist rock carvings on Dazu's Northern Hill. They date from the 9th to 11th centuries.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Sichuan
City / Town : Dazu
Site / Event : Northern Hill
|
 |
Seated Buddha.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Sichuan
City / Town : Dazu
Site / Event : Baoding
|
 |
Baoding is a hill with Buddhist sculptures that took 70 years to complete.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Sichuan
City / Town : Dazu
Site / Event : Baoding
|
 |
Buddhist carvings.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Sichuan
City / Town : Dazu
Site / Event : Baoding
|
 |
The highlight of the site is the Reclining Buddha.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Sichuan
City / Town : Dazu
Site / Event : Baoding
|
 |
The Reclining Buddha is 31m long and 5m high.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Meiji Shan Grottos
|
 |
The Visitor Centre of the Meiji Shan Grottos. They are one of four major Buddhist sites on the Silk Road.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Meiji Shan Grottos
|
 |
Three 1700 year of Buddhas.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Meiji Shan Grottos
|
 |
Painted Buddha.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Meiji Shan Grottos
|
 |
A row of Buddhas.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Meiji Shan Grottos
|
 |
Buddha and companions at the top level.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Meiji Shan Grottos
|
 |
Buddha with murals.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Meiji Shan Grottos
|
 |
Buddha head.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Meiji Shan Grottos
|
 |
Feet of a Buddha.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Lanzhou
District : Pagoda Hill
Site / Event : Fayu Temple
|
 |
The temple is Buddhist.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Lanzhou
District : Pagoda Hill
Site / Event : Fayu Temple
|
 |
The Buddha.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Lanzhou
Site / Event : Gansu Museum
|
 |
Buddhist sculptures, 534.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Lanzhou
Site / Event : Gansu Museum
|
 |
Qing Dynasty (1636 - 1912) Quran. Islam spread East while Buddhism spread West on the Silk Road.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Lanzhou
Site / Event : Gansu Museum
|
 |
Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) gilded bronze Buddha.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Zhangye
Site / Event : Great Buddha Temple
|
 |
The entrance to the Great Buddha Temple.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Zhangye
Site / Event : Great Buddha Temple
|
 |
The wooden Reclining Buddha.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Zhangye
Site / Event : Great Buddha Temple
|
 |
The Reclining Buddha is 35m long.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Zhangye
Site / Event : Great Buddha Temple
|
 |
A display of sutras (Buddhist scripture).
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Zhangye
Site / Event : Great Buddha Temple
|
 |
The Hall of a Thousand Buddhas.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Zhangye
Site / Event : Great Buddha Temple
|
 |
Murals in the Hall of a Thousand Buddhas.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Zhangye
Site / Event : Great Buddha Temple
|
 |
Murals in the Hall of a Thousand Buddhas.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Mati Si Temples
|
 |
The region has many niches and caves with Buddhist art.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Mati Si Temples
Site / Event : Cangfo Temple
|
 |
The Cangfo Temple is the largest of the North caves and has a standing golden coloured Buddha.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Mati Si Temples
Site / Event : Cangfo Temple
|
 |
Row of Buddhas.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Mati Si Temples
Site / Event : Cangfo Temple
|
 |
Painted Buddhas.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Mati Si Temples
Site / Event : Mati Hall
|
 |
Painted Buddhas in niches carved into the cliff face.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Mati Si Temples
Site / Event : Mati Hall
|
 |
Painted Buddha.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Mati Si Temples
|
 |
The Southern Sitting Buddha Hall.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Mati Si Temples
Site / Event : Thousand Buddhas Temple
|
 |
The Thousand Buddhas Temple.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Dunhuang
Site / Event : Crescent Lake Oasis
|
 |
Yueguan Pavillion is a former Buddhist temple.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Dunhuang
Site / Event : Mogao Caves
|
 |
The Mogao Caves are carved with Buddhas and contain vivid murals.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Dunhuang
Site / Event : Mogao Caves
|
 |
Cave 329 is a Tang cave with carved Buddhas and murals.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Dunhuang
Site / Event : Mogao Caves
|
 |
Cave 334 shows murals of Buddhas.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Dunhuang
Site / Event : Mogao Caves
|
 |
The 35m high Buddha in Cave 96 is the third larest in the world.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Dunhuang
Site / Event : Mogao Caves
|
 |
Painting on the Buddha (Cave 96).
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Dunhuang
Site / Event : Mogao Caves
|
 |
Another big Buddha in Cave 130.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Dunhuang
Site / Event : Mogao Caves
|
 |
Detail of the Buddha's robe (Cave 130).
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Gansu
City / Town : Dunhuang
Site / Event : White Horse Pagoda
|
 |
The pagoda was built in 386 for the horse of a Buddhist monk.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
 |
The stupa by the Great Buddha Temple.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
 |
The Great Buddha Temple.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
 |
View to the South from the Great Buddha Temple.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
 |
The shrine of the Great Buddha Temple.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
 |
A small Buddhist temple to the North.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Jiaohe
|
 |
The Yarghol murals of Buddhas.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Bezaklik Caves
|
 |
Most of the Buddhas have been taken to Europe and Japan.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
Site / Event : Bezaklik Caves
|
 |
Buddha niche and murals.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Gaochang
|
 |
Remnants of a Buddhist stupa.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Gaochang
|
 |
Buddhist temple.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Turfan
District : Gaochang
|
 |
Buddhist temple with the niche for the Buddha.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Urumqi
Site / Event : Xinjiang Museum
|
 |
Exhibition showing copies of Buddhist murals from Xinjiang.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Urumqi
Site / Event : Xinjiang Museum
|
 |
Buddhist ceremonial cup (18th century).
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
City / Town : Urumqi
Site / Event : Xinjiang Museum
|
 |
Jade Buddha (Qing Dynasty).
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Xinjiang
Region : Karakoram Highway
City / Town : Tashkurgan
Site / Event : Fort
|
 |
Niches for Buddhas.
|
2025 |
| China |
State / Province : Shanghai Municipality
City / Town : Shanghai
District : Old City
Site / Event : Jade Buddha Temple
|
 |
The Jade Buddha Temple.
|
1988 |
| China |
State / Province : Zhejiang
City / Town : Hangzhou
Site / Event : Feilai Feng Caves
|
 |
Maitreya, the laughing Buddha.
|
1988 |
