Wat Khmer Palelai Monastery

AffiliationTheravada Buddhism

StatusOperational

Location2701 S 58th St, Philadelphia, PA 19143

CountryUnited States

Wat Khmer Palelai Monastery
វត្តខ្មែរបាលិលេយ្យ
Religion
Affiliation	Theravada Buddhism
Status	Operational
Location
Location	2701 S 58th St, Philadelphia, PA 19143
Country	United States
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Coordinates	39°55′38″N 75°13′00″W / 39.92722°N 75.21667°W / 39.92722; -75.21667
Architecture
Completed	1986 (First location), 2010 (Second location), July 14, 2024 (Pagoda construction finished at second location)

Wat Khmer Palelai Monastery is a Cambodian Theravada Buddhist temple located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The monastery was founded in 1986 in a South Philadelphia row house. In 2010, the community acquired a 238,000-square-foot plot of land, where the current temple stands. The temple complex took nearly a decade to complete as the project was funded over time through donations from the local community.^[1]