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The temple of Lord Jagannatha is also decorated with the traditional paintings of Orissa. The walls and ceilings of the jagamohana as well as the natamandapa are elegantly depicted with paintings of various gods and goddesses. In these paintings, the ten incarnations of Lord Visnu are depicted. They are such as Matsya (fish), Kachhapa (tortoise), Varaha, Narasimha, Vamana, Parasurama, Rama, Balarama Buddha and Kalki. A few Krsnalila scenes are also depicted in the jagamohana ceiling of the temple. A few modern paintings depict the mythological scenes, which are also found in the natamandapa. There are numerous paintings, however, including the Kanci Kaveri expeditions of king Purusottama Deva depicting the interview between the milk-woman (Manika gauduni) and cavalries on horse back (Jagannatha and Balabhadra). The relief is elegantly depicted with traditional Patta Style paintings of Orissa. The chlorite figures contained in the niches of the barandi of the bhogamandapa are also depicted with the traditional Patta Style painting of Orissa. Besides these, there are other reliefs, which depict the king of Puri taking 116

part in the 12 yatras, noticed in the niches of the upper barandi. They are also finely painted in different colours. Like the Kalighat painting of Bengal and Brihadesvara painting of Tanjavar, the traditional Patta Style painting of the Jagannatha temple is connected with the holy place. The painters are engaged on hereditary basis by the temple and are known as "Sevakas" of Sri Jagannatha. The technique and process of wall paintings in the temple of Jagannatha at Puri were of different types. Their composition, colours and finishing were influenced by the later South Indian School to a certain extent. 102 Oriya artists began with the same faith in the realness of the painting that was shared by the South Indian painters. For the first time, Narasimha Deva had appointed the traditional painters with a view to decorate the Jagannatha temple. 103 The local artists of Puri execute the present surviving paintings of Lord Jagannatha temple in modern period.