<P> A chaitya , chaitya hall , chaitya - griha , or caitya refers to a shrine , sanctuary , temple or prayer hall in Indian religions . The term is most common in Buddhism , where it includes a stupa at one end . Strictly , the chaitya is actually the stupa itself , and the Indian buildings are chaitya halls , but this distinction is often not observed . Outside India , the term is used by Buddhists for local styles of small stupa - like monuments in Nepal , Cambodia , Indonesia and elsewhere . In the historical texts of Jainism and Hinduism , including those relating to architecture , chaitya refers to a temple , sanctuary or any sacred monument . </P>
<P> A chaitya , chaitya hall , chaitya - griha , or caitya refers to a shrine , sanctuary , temple or prayer hall in Indian religions . The term is most common in Buddhism , where it includes a stupa at one end . Strictly , the chaitya is actually the stupa itself , and the Indian buildings are chaitya halls , but this distinction is often not observed . Outside India , the term is used by Buddhists for local styles of small stupa - like monuments in Nepal , Cambodia , Indonesia and elsewhere . In the historical texts of Jainism and Hinduism , including those relating to architecture , chaitya refers to a temple , sanctuary or any sacred monument . </P>
pillared halls where the buddhist monks worshipped were known as
pillared halls where the buddhist monks worshipped were known as
chaitya
chaitya