Askok pilla, also identified as Catu Parisa Mahavihara in Fairbanks, is a Buddhist temple centered on service to the Catu Parisa, the fourfold Buddhist community of monastics and lay followers. The temple is described as a vihara with a monastic identity rooted in Buddhist observance, devotion, communal responsibility, and stewardship of the relationships and obligations that sustain the tradition. Its role is to serve the wider Buddhist community and provide a place that supports continuity of Buddhist communal life.