Please link your source if possible.
2007-10-23 03:33:53 · 5 answers · asked by Me 4 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Thailand
This Data is up to date and reliable from
Office of National Cultrue Commission in
Ministry of Culture of Thailand.
There are 34,654 Temples around Thailand.
It can be classified as follows:
1) Mahanigaya 32,515 Temples.
2) Dhammayut 2,112 Temples.
3) Chinese 13 Temples
4) Anam(Vietnam) 14 Temples.
Try this site for more information
http://www.culture.go.th/culture_en/index.html
2007-10-23 19:49:34 · answer #1 · answered by Kanes 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its said to have over 30,000 wats in thailand but its just like asking how many churches are there in Italy
2007-10-24 02:24:00 · answer #2 · answered by Whitehawk 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are apparently 31,200 buddhist temples in Thailand. Here is some verbage and info per that statement and information about Thai Buddhism.
http://www.thaibuddhist.com/temples.htm
Here's a short list of the temple names.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_temples_in_Thailand
Here's the link for a yahoo search of Thai buddhist temples.
http://search.yahoo.com/search?search=buddhist+temples+in+Thailand&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks-ans&ico-yahoo-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAtGnrjP5jfYHMz.6Qcu7rjYazKIX%3B_ylv%3D0%2FSIG%3D11i8slv5l%2FEXP%3D1193264206%2F*-http%253A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch&ico-wikipedia-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAtQ5V0ZrvvEE8d_yus1DpAMazKIX%3B_ylv%3D0%2FSIG%3D121ffg5co%2FEXP%3D1193264206%2F*-http%253A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecial%253aSearch&p=buddhist+temples+in+Thailand
Good luck.
2007-10-23 18:22:22 · answer #3 · answered by gbdelta1954 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you mite as well ask how many churches are in the U.S.
2007-10-24 06:59:29 · answer #4 · answered by nicholas b 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
thousands www.me.com
2007-10-23 16:15:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋