Wat Asokaram Buddhist Monastery Thailand

Wat Asokaram is a beautiful Buddhist monastery located in the mouth of river Chao Phraya. The place is home for a large community of monks and nuns. Wat Asokaram Temple is known for its awesome temple architecture. The temple stands as one of the famous Buddhist pilgrimage in Thailand and its scenic beauty attracts tourist from different parts of the world. The atmosphere of the temple fills peace and joy in the minds of the visitors. During the worshiping hours the temple area experience pin drop silence gathering attention in prayers and meditation. The Wat Asokaram Temple Bangkok, Thailand is popular among the tourist for its beautiful White Buddhist Stupta with multiple spires. It is one of the major tourists’ attractions in Thailand. 

Wat Asokaram Buddhist Monastery Thailand

Wat Asokaram Buddhist Pilgrimage Tourist Destination Thailand

White Buddhist Stupa Wat Asokaram Thailand

Marble Mountains Vietnam

Marble Mountains is a cluster of five marble and limestone hills located Da Nang city in Vietnam.  The five 'mountains' are named after the five elements - Hoa for Fire, Kim for Metal, Tho for Earth, Thuy for Water and Moc for Wood. The place is a famous tourist destinations as it attracts the people with Buddhist sanctuaries, numerous tunnels, caves, and the visitors can climb to the mountain peaks. The Marble Mountains are famous for stone sculpture making and stone-cutting crafts. The place is home to several Buddhist and Hindu grottoes. Thuy son is the only visitors accessible marble mountain from where they can have a great view of the area and other marble mountains.  

Buddhist Hindu Grottoes Marble Mountains Vietnam

Marble Mountains Pilgrimage Vietnam

A View from Marble Mountains Vietnam

Mount Popa Taungkalat Monastery Myanmur Burma

Mount Popa located in central Burma (Myanmur) in the Pegu Range. |The mount is formed by the volcano and is 1518 meters above the sea level. The place is known for its picturesque Popa Taungkalat monastery. The shrine Popa Taungkalat is home to Mahagiri Nats or spirits.  Mostly believers are the main tourists visiting this Buddhist pilgrimage.  The visitors and tourists of Mount Popa are serious believers, who come here to make sure their relationship with spirits remains positive. 

The Mount has many legends, one of them is about a brother and sister Mahagiri (Great Mountain) nats, from the kingdom of Tagaung at the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy, who sought refuge from King Thinligyaung of Bagan. Their wish was granted and they were enshrined on the Mount. Mount Popa is considered the abode of Burma's most powerful Nats and as such is the most important nat worship center. It has therefore been called Burma's Mount Olympus. The top of Popa Taung Kalat is beautiful with panoramic view of nature and the ancient city of Bagan. The place is filled with flowering plants, trees and herbs as the soil is very fertile due to volcanic ash. 

Popa Taungkalat Buddhist Monastery

Mount Popa Mahagiri Nats Spirits Pilgrimage

Paro Taktsang or Tiger's Nest Bhutan

Paro Taktsang popularly known as The Tiger's Nest is a Himalayan Buddhist Monastery located  in the cliffside of Paro valley, Bhutan. It is famous as Taktsang Palphug Monastery. It is believed that Guru Padmasambhava - who introduced Buddhism believes in Bhutan, have meditated in this cave for three years, three months, three days and three hours in the 8th century.  Paro Taktsang is the best known of the thirteen taktsang or "tiger lair" caves in which Guru Padmasambhava meditated. Now this Buddhist temple has became the cultural icon of the country. Tsechu is the main festival of Taktsang Palphug Monastery, and it is held in honor of Padmasambhava.  

Tiger's Nest Paro Vallery Bhutan

Buddhist Pilgrim Center Paro Taktsang 

Buddhist Monastery Tiger's Nest 

Namdroling Buddhist Monastery Golden Temple of Buddha India

Namdroling Nyingmapa Monastery is the largest teaching center of Nyingmapa, a lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in the world. It is located in the town of Bylakuppe in the state of Karnataka.  It is a small town mainly inhabited by Tibetans.  The monastery consist of sangha community  of lamas, monks, nuns, religious colleges, universities and hospital. The monastery is popularly known as the Golden Temple of Kushalnagar

The Buddhist Monastery attracts tourists from all over India and abroad. The monastery in short is known as "Namdroling", its full name is Thegchog Namdrol Shedrub Dargyeling.  The monastery is a home to large number of young Tibetans seeking enlightenment and education. Namdroling Monastery hosts several ceremonies yearly including Tibetan New Year Losar.

Golden Buddha Temple Coorg Bylakuppe 

Buddhist Monastery India - The Golden Temple of Buddha

Buddha Statues Inside the Namdroling Buddhist Monastery

Namdroling Buddhist Monastery