Table 1.
Several tooth relics from different locations purported to be the Buddha tooth relics.
| Country | Place | Temple, pagoda or museum | Yingua | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Unanimously recognized Buddha tooth relics | ||||
| 1 | Sri Lanka | Kandy | Temple of the Tooth | |
| 2 | China | Beijing | Lingguang Temple | |
| B. Claimed Buddha tooth relics | ||||
| 3 | Taiwan | Kaohsiung | Buddha Memorial Center of the Fo Guang Shan Monastery | |
| 4 | Japan | Kamakura | Engaku Temple | |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | Polonnaruwa | Somawathiya Chaitya | |
| 6 | Singapore | Chinatown | Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum | |
| 7 | USA | Rosemead, California | Lu Mountain Temple | |
| 8 | India | Nagarjunakonda | Museum on the island situated in the Nagarjunasagar Lake | |
| 9 | South Korea | Goseong County, Gangwon-do | Geonbongsa Temple | |
| 10 | Myanmar | Mingun | Mingun stupa in the custody of Master VenKondanna | |
| 11 | Myanmar | Mingun | Mingun Pahtodawgyi (an enormous unfinished pagoda) | |
| 12 | Malaysia | Kelantan | Lotus Temple | |
| 13 | Cambodia | Siem Reap Province | Angkor Wat Wishing Hall | |
| 14 | China | Wenshang County, Jining City, Shandong Province | Baoxiang Temple | |
| 15 | China | Wutai County, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province | Buddha relic tower of Mount Wutai | Lower third molar of cow |
| 16 | China | Dangyang City, Hubei Province | Yuquan Temple | |
| 17 | China | Ying County, Shanxi Province | Wooden Buddha Pagoda of Fogong Temple | Wood carving and horse tooth fossil |
| 18 | China | Fuzhou City, Fujian Province | Yongquan Temple of Kushan | |
| 19 | China | Songyang County, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province | Yanqing Temple | |
| 20 | China | Gu’an County, Hebei Province | Baoyan Temple | |
| 21 | China | Dengzhou City, Henan Province | Buddha Pagoda of Fusheng Temple | |
| 22 | China | Zhengzhou City, Henan Province | Fawang Temple of Mount Song | |
| 23 | China | Songjiang District, Shanghai | Buddha Pagoda of Fangta Park | Fossilized ivory |
| 24 | China | Luliang City, Shanxi Province | Anguo Temple | |
| 25 | China | Zhengding County, Hebei Province | Lingxiao Wooden Buddha Pagoda of Tianning Temple | |
| 26 | China | Ji County, Tianjin | Dingguang Buddhist Pagoda | |
| 27 | China | Shenyang City, Liaoning Province | Liaobin Buddha Pagoda | |
| 28 | China | Lianshui Town, Huai’an City, Jiangsu Province | Miaotong Buddha Pagoda of Nengren Temple | |
| 29 | China | Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province | Tianchi Buddha Pagoda of Mount Lu | |
| C. Claimed tooth relics of the Saint other than the Buddha | ||||
| 30 | China | Emeishan City, Leshan City, Sichuan Province | Wannian Temple of Mount Emei (Ancient tooth relic) | Maxilla of stegodon |
| 31 | China | Tongzhou District, Beijing | Dipankara Buddha Pogoda of Youshengjiao Temple | |
| 32 | China | Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province | Ashoka Pogoda of Haiqing Temple | Third maxillary tooth fossil of horse |
a
The so-called shadow bones are relative to the real bones of the Buddha. Shadow means innuendo and imitation, and shadow bone is the bone of imitation.