A living reference atlas

Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages

Five thousand religious, mystical, Indigenous and esoteric lineages from around the world — what they are, where they came from, and where to read more.

Source-linked and transparently qualified. Editorial standards and correction criteria are public.

Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA

Entries: 5,000
Candidate geography relations: 7,326
Candidate country vocabulary: 162

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Atlas 2801Institution-specific

Wat Arun temple institution

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: historical temple; present royal monastery
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 2802Institution-specific

Wat Saket and Golden Mount pilgrimage institution

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: historical temple; modern Golden Mount–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 2803Institution-specific

Wat Phra That Doi Suthep institution

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: 14th-century foundation–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 2804Institution-specific

Erawan Shrine institution

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: 1956–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3295Scholarly / historical only

Ayutthaya Buddhist royal-city complex

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: 14th–18th centuries CE; protected archaeological city
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3296Scholarly / historical only

Sukhothai Buddhist royal-city ensemble

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: 13th–15th centuries CE; protected serial property
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3297Scholarly / historical only

Ban Chiang prehistoric mortuary and ritual landscape

Southeast Asian Traditions Historical religion / cult

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: Prehistoric settlement and cemetery; protected archaeological site
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3310Institution-specific

Wat Suthat Thepwararam temple institution

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: 19th-century foundation–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3311Institution-specific

Wat Benchamabophit temple institution

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: Late 19th-century foundation–present
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3312Institution-specific

Wat Traimit Withayaram temple institution

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: Historical temple; present institution–present
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3313Scholarly / historical only

Wat Mahathat institution at Ayutthaya

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: 14th-century foundation; protected ruins
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3314Scholarly / historical only

Wat Chaiwatthanaram temple complex

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: 17th-century foundation; protected ruins
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3315Institution-specific

Phra Pathom Chedi temple institution

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: Historical stupa; major 19th-century rebuilding–present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3316Institution-specific

Wat Phra Singh Woramahawihan temple site

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: Listed historic Chiang Mai temple; foundation date not asserted from cited itinerary
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3317Institution-specific

Wat Chedi Luang temple complex

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: Listed historic Chiang Mai temple; foundation and reconstruction dates not asserted from cited itinerary
Evidence status: Cluster-level source

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3712Institution-specific

Wat Nong Pah Pong mother monastery

Buddhist Traditions Order / organization

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: Contemporary institution documented by its official or lineage-network website; precise founding date not asserted unless the source page itself supplies it
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3725Scholarly / historical only

Phu Phrabat Sīma stone sacred landscape

Buddhist Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: Dvaravati-period Sīma stone tradition, chiefly seventh–eleventh centuries in the UNESCO World Heritage record; inscribed in 2024
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3733Scholarly / historical only

Nanthopananthasut Kham Luang manuscript tradition

Buddhist Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: Eighteenth-century Thai Buddhist manuscript dated 22 July 1736 by the cited UNESCO record
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3815Institution-specific

Wat Ratchabophit Sathitmahasimaram institution

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: Historical temple institution; current Tourism Authority of Thailand documentation; precise foundation chronology not asserted here
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3816Institution-specific

Wat Ratchapradit Sathitmahasimaram institution

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: Historical temple institution; current Tourism Authority of Thailand documentation; precise foundation chronology not asserted here
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3817Institution-specific

Wat Kalayanamit Woramahawiharn institution

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: Historical temple institution; current Tourism Authority of Thailand documentation; precise foundation chronology not asserted here
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3818Institution-specific

Wat Prayurawongsawat Worawihan institution

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: Historical temple institution; current Tourism Authority of Thailand documentation; precise foundation chronology not asserted here
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3819Institution-specific

Wat Ratchaorasaram Ratchaworawihan institution

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: Historical temple institution; current Tourism Authority of Thailand documentation; precise foundation chronology not asserted here
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesThailand

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Atlas 3820Institution-specific

Wat Niwet Thammaprawat institution

Southeast Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Thailand
Period / origin: Historical temple institution; current Tourism Authority of Thailand documentation; precise foundation chronology not asserted here
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesThailand

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