Cave 26 is a Chaitya or worship hall.
The apsidal Guntupalle Chaitya( second century AD)
cut Chaitya halls of western India.
cut Chaitya of the same plan.
built Chaitya temples are associated with viharas or monasteries,
The apsidal Guntupalle Chaitya( second century AD)
is wholly brick- built.
They include Chaitya halls, which were really temples or places of worship;
This has also an inscription below it, calling it' Bahuputm- Chaitya of Vaisali.
First and third are Chaitya halls and the second one is a dwelling unit.
Most of the caves are Viharas except for
the 18th cave which is a Chaitya.
Cave 10( Visvakarma) is a large Chaitya similar to those at Ajanta with pillars
Build between 7th and 8th centuries by Chalukyas,
the temple plan in U shape resembles that of Buddhist Chaitya halls.
Its founder Lama Norbu died in 1952 and
his mortal remains as also his silver Chaitya/stupa are preserved in the gompa.
This was done during the The large maha- Chaitya of Nagarjunakonda, built early in Ikshvaku times,
belongs to the class of uncased stupas.
Karla Cave is the largest Hinayana Buddhist Chaitya(temple) in India Travel back in time
on this trip to ancient Indian rock-cut caves with the best rock-cut architecture of all times.
They include Chaitya halls, which were really temples or places of worship;
the object of worship being a stupa representing the Buddha, and viharas, or monasteries, each with a number of cells opening into a large central assembly- hall.