Chaitya Vandan me chawal (rice) ki vidhi ki kram ya swastik banane ki pratha hoti hai.

• Sabse pehle ayojan: Aaspas rangmanch ke kendr me khade hoke, chhote board par chawal ki swastik banai jati hai. Swastik ki banavat aage-piche pairiyon mein chaar pankhon ki roop dharti hai.
• Swastik ke upar teen mote chawal ke goode (tino gudde) rakhe jate hain. Inhe samayik/chaitya vandan me "threefold" arth diya jata hai (samyak darshan/jnan/charitra ki or sankalp).
• Swastik ke upar ya uske choti par chand ki tarah ek crescent (kuñd) banaya jata hai, jo siddhashilā, mukti ki or sanket hota hai.
• Yahi teen goode (dan/shila/tap/bhavana ya sham/samveg/nirved/anukampa) aur upara crescent, chaitya vandan ke mool vidhiyon ko pratikat karte hain.
• Iske baad chaitya vandan ke sutro ka jap/paath kiya jata hai, jaise Khamäsamanä Sutra, Iriyävahi Sutra, etc., aur antim me vandan samapti hota hai.

• Parivartan: Yeh vidhi Digambar ya Shvetambar paramparao me thodi bahut badal sakti hai, par mukhya tattva swastik banakar chawal ke 3 goode aur top par crescent rakhna hi adhiktar sadharan roop se maana jata hai.

Yeh vivaran aur kriya-vriti “Chaitya Vandan Vidhi” me milti hai.