# Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple

a Buddhist temple or centre · Riccarton

https://www.chch.live/worship/fo-guang-shan-buddhist-temple

## The record
- Religion: buddhist
- Suburb: Riccarton
- Website: https://fgs.org.nz/
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130250635
- Point: [the pin on the map](https://www.chch.live/map?lat=-43.529019&lon=172.606091)

## In the archive
- Documents naming it: https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Fo%20Guang%20Shan%20Buddhist%20Temple
- The suburb it stands in: https://www.chch.live/riccarton
- What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.529019&lon=172.606091

## The green nearby
Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m, measured to the outline itself, so a spot on a big reserve’s edge still counts.
- [Mandeville Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1739-mandeville-reserve), 40 m to its edge
- [Picton Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1007-picton-reserve), 311 m to its edge
- [Clarence Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1027-clarence-reserve), 360 m to its edge
- [Every park on the roll](https://www.chch.live/parks)

## The bus stop
The nearest stop the Metro map carries, measured to the pin, not the gate.
- Riccarton Rd near Harakeke St, 71 m · routes 3, 5, 80, 86, 130, 140

## The register nearby
Heritage-register places within 300 m of the point, proximity, not a claim of place.
- [Dwellling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/557), 20 Mona Vale Avenue

## The reports nearby
1,157 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9125029), 74 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9125016), 76 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9125017), 76 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/9082947), 28 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9033620), 32 Riccarton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9033597), 62 Riccarton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8992529), Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8945462), 97 Mandeville Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8936079), 6B Bradshaw Tce, ????, ?????? 8011, ???
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8924400), Mandeville Reserve 57 Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8889749), 89B Mandeville Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/8882712), 2 Harakeke Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand

## Questions, answered briefly

**Where is Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple?**

[Riccarton](https://www.chch.live/riccarton), Christchurch, [on the map →](https://www.chch.live/map#-43.529019,172.606091,17).

**What kind of place of worship is Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple?**

The map calls it a Buddhist temple or centre. That is the mapper’s tag, not this site’s own survey.

## Sources
- OpenStreetMap way/101672258: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/101672258 (ODbL)

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A directory, not a census of faith: name, religion, denomination and address are the tags OpenStreetMap’s mappers give each place, and a tag the map does not carry stays unstated here rather than guessed from a name. A listing is a lead, not a claim, it says a place of worship is mapped on this ground, not that a congregation meets there this week. Coordinates pin the building as the map draws it.
The roll: https://www.chch.live/worship · data: https://www.chch.live/worship.json