Wat Buddhasamakeevanaram is a Thai
Theravada Buddhist temple located in
Bossier City, Louisiana
Bossier City ( ) is a city in Bossier Parish in the northwestern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana in the United States. It is the second most populous city in the Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan statistical area. In 2020, it had a ...
. The temple belongs to the
Dhammayuttika Nikaya
Dhammayuttika Nikāya (Pali; th, ธรรมยุติกนิกาย; ; km, ធម្មយុត្តិកនិកាយ, ), or Dhammayut Order ( th, คณะธรรมยุต) is an order of Theravada Buddhist ''bhikkhus'' (monk ...
order. It is the first Thai temple established in the state of
Louisiana.
History
The temple was formed in 2003 to serve the religious needs of the Thai, Laotian and Vietnamese communities in the
Shreveport-Bossier Area. It was incorporated in the state as a nonprofit religious corporation on November the following year.
External links
Homepage(Primarily in Thai)
Asian-American culture in Louisiana
Thai-American culture
Thai Theravada Buddhist temples and monasteries
Overseas Thai Buddhist temples
Buddhist temples in Louisiana
2003 establishments in Louisiana
Buildings and structures in Bossier City, Louisiana
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