What is Stupas in Cambodia?

Stupas in Cambodia more often referred to as chedi are steeple-shaped mausoleums holding the bones and ashes of the deceased placed throughout the grounds of a pagoda, typically found in Cambodia, usually financed by wealthier believers for themselves and their relatives. While the prang derived from the Indian shikhara prototype, the chedi felt both the Indian influence, through the prototype of the stupa, especially that of Sanchi, as well as other influences, especially with the prototype stupa of Ruwanwelisaya in Ceylan, from where Theravada Buddhism also arrived.