Mondop

The mondop (Thai: มณฑป, from Pali/Sanskrit maṇḍapa) is a building form in traditional Thai religious architecture featuring a square or cruciform building with a usually pointed roof.

In the narrow sense, it refers to an enclosed square building with a roughly pyramidal, multi-tiered roof culminating in a tall pointed spire, with a roof structure very similar to the smaller busabok.

In the wider sense, the term may refer to religious buildings following a wide range of architectural styles, including historical structures more closely reflecting the Indic mandapa, from which they are likely derived.

[1][2] Mondop may be used for various functions, including as scripture halls (ho trai) and for housing religious artefacts.

[1] The pointed roof structure can be found incorporated in the prasat architectural form, where it crowns a usually cruciform, gabled roof.