Wat Khmer Monirattanaram

Wat Khmer Monirattanaram
Khmer name	វត្តខ្មែរមុនីរតនារាម
Legal name	Wat Khmer Monirattanaram Buddhist Temple, Inc.
Alternative names	Wat Muniratanaram (Pontiac); Wat Monirattanaram
Type	Religious organization
Focus areas	Khmer Buddhist temple; Khmer religious services
Subjects	Religion & Spiritual Life
City	Pontiac
State / province	Michigan
Country	United States
Address	243 Norton St., Pontiac, MI 48341
Organization identifiers	EIN (United States): 61-2054920
Contact	(313) 283-8859; [email protected]
Facebook	Facebook
Operating status	active

Wat Khmer Monirattanaram (វត្តខ្មែរមុនីរតនារាម) is a Khmer Buddhist temple at 243 Norton Street in Pontiac, Michigan, United States. It is incorporated as Wat Khmer Monirattanaram Buddhist Temple, Inc. The Southeastern Michigan Cambodian Association lists the same address and contact details and holds its Khmer classes at the temple. (Wat Khmer Monirattanaram Buddhist Temple, Inc. (វត្តខ្មែរមុនីរតនារាម), Facebook page; Southeastern Michigan Cambodian Association, Facebook page; Southeastern Michigan Cambodian Association, Facebook mentions)

Names

Directories of Khmer temples in the United States spell the name Wat Muniratanaram (វត្តមុនីរតនារាម). It is a different temple from Wat Muniratanaram in Nashville, Tennessee. (Temple News, 2558 Khmer Buddhist Temples Directory (2014); Bhikkhu Pat Sophal, Cambodian Buddhist Temples in the USA, B.E. 2570 (2026))

A 2014 directory of Khmer Buddhist temples lists Wat Muniratanaram at 243 Norton Avenue, Pontiac, and the 2026 edition of a national temple directory lists it at 243 Norton Street. (Temple News, 2558 Khmer Buddhist Temples Directory (2014); Bhikkhu Pat Sophal, Cambodian Buddhist Temples in the USA, B.E. 2570 (2026))

Wat Khmer Monirattanaram Buddist Temple (as the IRS spells it) is a recognized 501(c)(3) charitable organization, classified as Buddhist, with an Eastpointe, Michigan, location in its IRS listing. (GivingFountain, Wat Khmer Monirattanaram Buddist Temple; ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Wat Khmer Monirattanaram Buddist Temple)

The temple observes Pchum Ben, the Khmer ancestral memorial festival. For 2026 it announced a public Facebook Live broadcast of its Pchum Ben Day ceremony from the evening of October 3 to the early afternoon of October 4. (Wat Khmer Monirattanaram Buddhist Temple, Inc. (វត្តខ្មែរមុនីរតនារាម), Facebook page; Wat Khmer Monirattanaram, Pchhum Ben Day livestream event (October 3 to 4, 2026))

Address: 243 Norton St., Pontiac, MI 48341 (Wat Khmer Monirattanaram Buddhist Temple, Inc. (វត្តខ្មែរមុនីរតនារាម), Facebook page; Bhikkhu Pat Sophal, Cambodian Buddhist Temples in the USA, B.E. 2570 (2026))
Contact: (313) 283-8859; [email protected] (Wat Khmer Monirattanaram Buddhist Temple, Inc. (វត្តខ្មែរមុនីរតនារាម), Facebook page)
Languages listed: Khmer, English, Thai and Lao (Wat Khmer Monirattanaram Buddhist Temple, Inc. (វត្តខ្មែរមុនីរតនារាម), Facebook page)
Facebook: Wat Khmer Monirattanaram Buddhist Temple, Inc. (វត្តខ្មែរមុនីរតនារាម), Facebook page
Pchum Ben 2026: see Pchum Ben 2026