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    And in Oxford only one central Apse.

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    It sometimes surrounds the Apse at the same height.

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    A rock- cut stupa, in the Apse portion, formed the object of worship.

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    The central nave vaulting was completed in 2000 and the main tasks since then have been the construction of the transept vaults and Apse.

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    The inner wall of the rear Apse encloses the sanctum or the garbha- griha enshrining the principal Vidyasankara linga with a narrow antarala in front.

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    There is so much to see in the church, such as the Holy Door, Arnolfo di Cambio's tabernacle, Apse mosaic, that you will spend hours inside the church.

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    The three door- openings in the outer wall of the rear Apse, each come opposite the three affluent shrines of Brahma, Vishnu and Siva on the south, west and north.

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    It is similar to the earlier type but has a Buddha figure prominently standing out in front of the stupa in the Apse, under a nasika or arch projected from the drum of the stupa.

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    The other chaityas are mainly apsidal in plan, consisting of a long rectangular hall like a nave, terminating at the farther end into an Apse with often two narrower aisles on either side, each separated from the nave by a row of pillars and extended round the Apse as a circumambulatory passage round a stupa, also hewn out of rock and occupying the centre of the Apse.

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