Temple intelligence
Thailand temple data is a source-fusion problem, not one master API. Use ONAB as the canonical Buddhist wat identity spine, DRA for public religious-site fields, Fine Arts for ancient monuments and ruins, TAT/DASTA for tourist/community metadata, OSM for coordinates and polygons, and Wikidata/Commons for global IDs and images.
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The page below is still useful without JavaScript. When current checks are available, this panel points you to the Today, comparison, and route pages that matter before committing.
Showing static temple planning links until the latest check is available.
31 city route pages now sit inside /temples/.
84 anchor and specialized religious-site pages are now live in the public temple layer.
6 cities are strong enough for dedicated temple/culture route handling, with the rest kept as support-first or mixed route pages.
Use this order when sources disagree.
| Rank | Source layer |
|---|---|
| 1 | Legal Buddhist identity: ONAB temple registry |
| 2 | Public religious-site fields: DRA Buddhist and non-Buddhist religious-site datasets |
| 3 | Ancient monument / ruin status: Fine Arts Department |
| 4 | Tourist-facing metadata: TAT and DASTA |
| 5 | Coordinates and local map tags: OpenStreetMap / Overpass |
| 6 | Images, aliases, and global IDs: Wikidata / Wikimedia Commons |
| 7 | Reviews and live opening status: commercial POI enrichment only when licensed |
Thai temple names repeat constantly, so the merge needs more than romanized name matching.
| Rule | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 1 | ONAB temple code exact match is canonical for Buddhist wat identity. |
| 2 | Thai name plus province plus district is a strong match. |
| 3 | Thai name plus coordinates within 250 meters is a strong geospatial match. |
| 4 | OSM, Wikidata, TAT, or Fine Arts records inside the same temple polygon are strong enrichment matches. |
| 5 | English name or romanization alone is weak because temple names repeat and transliterations vary. |
| 6 | Do not merge an active wat, abandoned wat, ancient ruin, shrine, and tourist attraction unless the source evidence agrees. |
Use ONAB as the canonical Buddhist wat identity spine, DRA for public religious-site fields, Fine Arts for ancient monuments and ruins, TAT/DASTA for tourist/community metadata, OSM for coordinates and polygons, and Wikidata/Commons for global IDs and images.
These pages separate city-level temple logic from individual-site pages, so the traveler can choose the right route before zooming into one wat, shrine, mosque, or heritage complex.
12 tracked sites with 5 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy dedicated temple/culture route page justified13 tracked sites with 7 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy destination-page support module; promote only if route coverage grows5 tracked sites with 2 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy support module only3 tracked sites with 0 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy temple route module inside destination page5 tracked sites with 2 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy dedicated temple/culture route page justified12 tracked sites with 4 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy temple route module inside destination page8 tracked sites with 4 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy support module only5 tracked sites with 0 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy destination-page support module; promote only if route coverage grows5 tracked sites with 2 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy destination-page support module; promote only if route coverage grows5 tracked sites with 2 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy temple route module inside destination page8 tracked sites with 2 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy destination-page support module; promote only if route coverage grows6 tracked sites with 2 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy temple route module inside destination page5 tracked sites with 2 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy destination-page support module; promote only if route coverage grows5 tracked sites with 2 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy destination-page support module; promote only if route coverage grows7 tracked sites with 3 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy destination-page support module; promote only if route coverage grows7 tracked sites with 2 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy temple route module inside destination page7 tracked sites with 3 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy destination-page support module; promote only if route coverage grows6 tracked sites with 2 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy temple route module inside destination page8 tracked sites with 4 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy temple route module inside destination page7 tracked sites with 3 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy support module only6 tracked sites with 2 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy destination-page support module; promote only if route coverage grows5 tracked sites with 1 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy support module only6 tracked sites with 0 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy temple route module inside destination page6 tracked sites with 4 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy dedicated temple/culture route page justified8 tracked sites with 3 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy support module only6 tracked sites with 2 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy support module only5 tracked sites with 2 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy dedicated temple/culture route page justified11 tracked sites with 5 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy destination-page support module; promote only if route coverage grows6 tracked sites with 2 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy destination-page support module; promote only if route coverage grows6 tracked sites with 1 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copy dedicated temple/culture route page justified10 tracked sites with 5 anchor pages.
route/culture/etiquette/weather module, not attraction-list copyThese are the highest-signal individual site pages promoted out of the package and into the main /temples/ layer.
Use as heat-exposed heritage-route stop; pair with old-city bike/tuk-tuk route logic.
historical temple ruin / active temple Ayutthaya · AnchorUse as heat-exposed heritage-route stop; pair with old-city bike/tuk-tuk route logic.
historical temple ruin / active temple Ayutthaya · AnchorUse as heat-exposed heritage-route stop; pair with old-city bike/tuk-tuk route logic.
historical temple ruin / active temple Ayutthaya · AnchorUse as heat-exposed heritage-route stop; pair with old-city bike/tuk-tuk route logic.
historical temple ruin / active temple Ayutthaya · AnchorUse as heat-exposed heritage-route stop; pair with old-city bike/tuk-tuk route logic.
historical temple ruin / active temple Bangkok · AnchorUse as ferry/river-route widget anchor, not just temple copy.
royal temple Bangkok · AnchorBest paired with Wat Arun and Grand Palace; strong for first-timer temple route.
royal temple Bangkok · AnchorUse as a high-crowd, high-etiquette old-city anchor; pair with Grand Palace open/closure widget.
royal temple complex Bangkok · AnchorHigh-value old-city stop near Wat Saket; good static route widget.
royal temple Bangkok · AnchorUse as heat/stairs/crowd decision node; better in cooler morning/evening.
active temple Bangkok · AnchorUseful old-city walking route anchor with Sao Chingcha and city-hall area.
royal temple Bangkok · AnchorPair with Yaowarat food and gold-buying route; good compact stop.
active temple Bangkok · SpecializedBest as shopping-route/crowd node, not a Buddhist temple page.
Hindu-Brahma shrine Bangkok · SpecializedUse as Silom culture/festival widget; etiquette differs from Buddhist wats.
Hindu temple Buriram · AnchorUse as road-route heritage anchor; not a city-walking temple.
Khmer Hindu temple complex Buriram · AnchorPair with Phanom Rung; avoid standalone city hotel logic.
Khmer Hindu temple ruin Chanthaburi · AnchorInclude because city religious heritage is not only Buddhist; strong static culture node.
Catholic cathedral / religious heritage Chanthaburi · AnchorUse as road-dependent side-trip; not walkable from city.
forest/hill temple Chiang Mai · AnchorUse as Chiang Mai culture/temple-route node with smoke/AQI and route-spread caveats.
active Buddhist temple Chiang Mai · AnchorUse as Chiang Mai culture/temple-route node with smoke/AQI and route-spread caveats.
active Buddhist temple Chiang Mai · AnchorUse as Chiang Mai culture/temple-route node with smoke/AQI and route-spread caveats.
active Buddhist temple Chiang Mai · AnchorUse as Chiang Mai culture/temple-route node with smoke/AQI and route-spread caveats.
active Buddhist temple Chiang Rai · AnchorUse as city/road temple route; distinguish contemporary art-temple stops from older active temples.
active Buddhist temple / contemporary temple art Chiang Rai · AnchorUse as city/road temple route; distinguish contemporary art-temple stops from older active temples.
active Buddhist temple / contemporary temple art