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.