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Working on Buddhism;
Types of Buddhist Shrines
Places for Performing Religious Functions
Monasteries; Monastery is a Buddhist temple; it is a place for performing religious functions, used for meditation and learning, it also includes Stupa used for ritual functions and chapel for meditation, used for propagation of Buddhism,
Buddhist Temple; Sites for meditation, generally Buddhist temple includes sculpted images and a place reserved for prayer which may be a chapel,
Cave Temples; These are rock-cut caves, Cave Temples include sculpted images of the Buddha, mural and paintings depicting scenes from Buddhist sacred texts, it also includes residential space of Buddhist monks
Stupa or Relic Shrines; Stupa structural domes, it is Relic shrine, stupa with a relic are the most characteristic monument of Buddhist religion, it plays an integral role in the spiritual life of Buddhists, some stupas also have the crowning umbrella (chhatra) and one or more circumambulatory passages
Residential Space;
Viharas; Viharas are residential space of Buddhist monks. Buddhist monks stay there for some time, generally viharas are located near to chaityas
Chaityas; it is a prayer hall, used for meditation, it may contain stupas, Stupas generally contain relics of Buddha and are venerated and worshipped, at times chaityas are built inside Viharas
Other Sacred Monuments;
Chapel; A symbolic and functional space, a place of worship used for meditation and to perform social functions
Sanctuaries; Sanctuary is a sacred place, set apart from the profane or the ordinary world, it is used by the celebrated monk, for meditation,