Visit Wat Pho and the Reclining Buddha

The Temple of Dawn: a porcelain-encrusted riverside tower you can climb for views across the Chao Phraya at sunset.

The Thai kings’ glittering palace complex and the Emerald Buddha, all gold spires and mirrored mosaic.

Rock-cut cave temples in Maharashtra, crowned by the monolithic Kailasa temple.

Giant seated Buddha on Lantau.

Visit the White Temple, a unique contemporary Buddhist temple in Thailand known for its intricate white architecture and symbolic art

Ruined former Siamese capital, UNESCO-listed.

One of the world’s largest stupas, ringed by prayer wheels and monasteries.

The gold-covered national stupa of Laos, said to hold a relic of the Buddha, with a November lantern festival.