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churches from the
Early Medieval period,
though early chaityas are many
centuries earlier.
Chaityas appear at the same
sites like the vihara, a strongly...
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Chaitya Bhoomi (IAST: Caityabhūmī, Officially: Dr.
Babasaheb Ambedkar Mahaparinirvan Memorial) is a
Buddhist chaitya and the
cremation place of B. R. Ambedkar...
- murals, each
depicting a
different aspect of the Buddha's life. Four
small chaityas (stupas) are
located inside the
larger hollow stupa and on the
walls of...
- The
chaitya hall only
survives in rock-cut examples, but
these replicate in
stone the form of
examples in wood and thatch. In most rock-cut
chaityas, the...
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Somawathiya Chaitya (Sinhala: සෝමාවතිය චෛත්ය, Tamil: சோமாவதிய சைத்யா) is a
Buddhist Stupa situated in the
ancient city of Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka.
Chaitya premises...
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caves generally followed an
apsidal plan with a
stupa in the back for the
chaityas, and a
rectangular plan with
surrounding cells for the viharas. When Buddhist...
- living, studying, and meditating. The
larger caves,
which functioned as
chaityas, or
halls for
congregational worship, are
lined with
intricately carved...
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south and are
numbered serially from east to west.
Caves 6 and 14 are
chaitya-grihas (chapels),
while the rest are
viharas (dwellings for monks). The...
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surrounded by oceans,
lesser mountains and a huge wall. A
Chaitya,
Chaitya hall or
Chaitya-griha
refers to a shrine, sanctuary,
temple or
prayer hall...
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plain octagonal columns. The
decorative ribs on the roof,
which in
other chaityas are
stone replicating wooden architecture, were
actual wood here, and have...
