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The term is most common in Buddhism, where it refers to a space with a stupa and a rounded apse at the end opposite the entrance, and a high roof with a rounded profile. Strictly speaking, the chaitya is the stupa itself, and the Indian buildings are chaitya halls, but this distinction is often not observed.
The Parinirvana Temple with the Parinirvana Stupa at Kushinagar, India where Buddha attained Parinirvana after his death. This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by location.
Pha That Luang. Buddhist missionaries from the Mauryan Empire are believed to have been sent by Emperor Ashoka, including Bury Chan or Praya Chanthabury Pasithisak and five Arahanta monks, who brought a sacred relic (believed to be the breastbone) of Buddha and enshrined it into the stupa in the 3rd century BC. [2]
This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in Indonesia for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by location. Bali. Vihara Buddha Banjar;
The Great Stupa in Sanchi. A characteristic new development at Buddhist religious sites was the stupa. Stupas were originally more sculpture than building, essentially markers of some holy site or commemorating a holy man who lived there. Later forms are more elaborate and also in many cases refer back to the Mount Meru model.
Pha That Luang, the holiest wat, pagoda, and stupa in Laos, in Vientiane; Phra Pathommachedi the highest pagoda or stupa in Thailand Nakhon Pathom, Thailand; Shwedagon Pagoda, a 98-metre (322 ft) gilded pagoda and stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar. It is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda for the Burmese with relics of the past four Buddhas ...
This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in the United States for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by location. See also: Buddhist Churches of America California
This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in Myanmar for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by location. Ayeyarwady Region