in India and the Far East, a temple in the form of a pyramidal tower of several stories, usually an odd number, commonly built over a sacred relic or as a work of devotion
See pagoda in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(pə-gōˈdə)
noun
a. A religious building of the Far East, especially a multistory Buddhist tower, erected as a memorial or shrine.
b. A stupa.
A structure, such as a garden pavilion, built in imitation of a multistory Buddhist tower.