Choultry

Choultry is a resting place, an inn or caravansary for travelers, pilgrims or visitors to a site, typically linked to Buddhist, Jain and Hindu temples.

They are also referred to as chottry, choultree, chathra, choltry, chowry, chawari, chawadi, choutry, chowree or tschultri.

[3][4][5] The choultry concept and infrastructure in South Asia dates back to at least the 1st millennium, according to epigraphical evidence such as stone and copper plate inscriptions.

[6][7] A choultry provides seating space, rooms, water and sometimes food financed by a charitable institution.

[11][12] The word satram (సత్రం, സത്രം) is used for such buildings in the Telugu states and in Kerala and chatra (ಚತ್ರ) in Kannada.