<P> Columbaria are often closely similar in form to traditional Buddhist temples , which from ancient times have housed cremated ashes . In Buddhism , ashes of the deceased may be placed in a columbarium ( in Chinese , a naguta ( `` bone - receiving pagoda '' ) ; in Japanese , a nokotsudo ( `` bone - receiving hall '' ) , which can be either attached to or a part of a Buddhist temple or cemetery . This practice allows for the family of the deceased to visit the temple for the conduct of traditional memorials and ancestor rites . </P>
<P> Columbaria are often closely similar in form to traditional Buddhist temples , which from ancient times have housed cremated ashes . In Buddhism , ashes of the deceased may be placed in a columbarium ( in Chinese , a naguta ( `` bone - receiving pagoda '' ) ; in Japanese , a nokotsudo ( `` bone - receiving hall '' ) , which can be either attached to or a part of a Buddhist temple or cemetery . This practice allows for the family of the deceased to visit the temple for the conduct of traditional memorials and ancestor rites . </P>
where do you put ashes in a cemetery
where do you put ashes in a cemetery
in a columbarium
in a columbarium