Difference between pagoda style and stupa style

Difference between stupa style and shikhar style

Difference between pagoda style and shikhar style

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Diff btwn pagoda style and stupa style:

-stupa is a dome-shaped buddhist monument, used to house relics of the lord buddha or stupa can be a stupe (medicated cloth or sponge) while pagoda is an asian religious building, especially a multistory buddhist tower, erected as a shrine or temple.

2) diff btwn stupa style and shikhar style: The Shikhar style looks like the peak of a mountain. Stupa is a shrine with a broad base of its gradual upward narrowing.

3) Diff. Btwn pagoda and shikhar style:

- Pagoda style architecture involves multi-roofed structures ... Shikhar style is based on a tall pyramidal or a curvilinear structure. The structure is divided into 5 to 9 sections. The roofs are topped by bell shaped parts.