Wat Khmer Palelai Monastery

Wat Khmer Palelai Monastery
Alternative names	Khmer Palilai Monastery; Wat Khmer Palelai; Wat Khmer Palilai; Khmer Palelai Buddhist Monastery
Type	Wat
Focus areas	Theravada Buddhism; Khmer religious services; cultural preservation
Subjects	Religion & Spiritual Life
City	Philadelphia
State / province	Pennsylvania
Country	United States
Address	2701 South 58th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19143
Phone	(215) 687-3861
Operating status	unverified

Wat Khmer Palelai Monastery is a Khmer Buddhist temple in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Address information dates from 2011–2019.

Religious tradition and community

Focus areas: Theravada Buddhism; Khmer religious services; cultural preservation.

Visiting and participation

• Phone: (215) 687-3861

• Address: 2701 South 58th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19143

Names and location history

The temple is also known as Khmer Palilai Monastery, Wat Khmer Palelai, Wat Khmer Palilai and Khmer Palelai Buddhist Monastery. Earlier premises at 240 Greenwich Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147 were vacated when the community developed its monastery in Southwest Philadelphia. (Hidden City, Greenwich Street temple history)

The visitor location is 2701 South 58th Street; Visit Philadelphia lists the site as 2651–2701 South 58th Street and advises calling ahead at (215) 687-3861. (Visit Philadelphia, sacred sites)

The older directory contact numbers (215) 339-5830 and (215) 339-5840 are retained here as historical information, not as newly verified visitor contacts. (National Cambodian directory)

See also

• All organizations

Sources

• https://www.templenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/the-2558-Khmer-Buddhist-Temples-Directory1.pdf

• https://watkhemararatanaram.org/wat_khmer_usa/
• A New Year, A New Demolition In Pennsport
• A Place For Enlightenment In Southwest Philadelphia
• A Trail of Sacred Sites in Greater Philadelphia
• The Buddhist Traveler in Philadelphia
• www.templenews.org
• Cambodian National Directory