HOA - Southeast Asian

Chinese Gateway

• Pai-Lou

• Torii

• Torana

Japanese Gateway

• Pai-Lou

• Torii

• Torana

An elaborately carved ceremonial gateway in Indian Buddhist and Hindu Architecture, having two or three lintels between two posts.

• Pai-Lou

• Torii

• Torana

A Buddhist memorial mound erected to enshrine a relic of Buddha and to commemorate some event or mark a sacred spot.

• Stupa

• Chaitya

• Vihara

• Vishnaya

A Buddhist Shrine in India, usually carved out of solid rock on a hillside, having the form of an aisled basilica with a stupa at one end.

• Stupa

• Chaitya

• Vihara

• Vishnaya

A Hindu Temple

• Mandira

• Mandala

• Garbha Griha

• Vihara

A Buddhist monastery in Indian Architecture.

• Mandira

• Mandala

• Garbha Griha

• Vihara

A freestanding memorial pillar in Indian Architecture, bearing carved inspirations, religious emblems, or a statue

• Stambha

• Vedas

• Chattri

• Torana

An umbrella-shaped finial symbolizing dignity, composed of a stone disk on a vertical pole.

• Stambha

• Vedas

• Chattri

• Torana

The oldest sacred writing of Hinduism, composed between 1500 and 800 BCE, incorporating four collections of hymns, prayers, and liturgical formulas

• Stambha

• Vedas

• Chattri

• Torana