Tiger Temple
THERAVADA BUDDHIST TEMPLE IN WESTERN THAILAND
Tiger monastery; Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua; Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua Yanasampanno
Tiger Temple, or Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua Yanasampanno, was a Theravada Buddhist temple in the Sai Yok District of Thailand's Kanchanaburi Province in the west of the country. It was founded in 1994 as a forest temple and sanctuary for wild animals, among them tigers, mostly Indochinese tigers.