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K.S.Behera, 鈥淧uri; City of Lords" in Orissa Review by Srinibas Tripathy, "Builder of Jagannatha Temple; Myth and Reality", in Orissa Review by K.S.Behera etc. The above mentioned authors and their scholarly works have partially helped the writing of thesis on "Temples of Purusottama K峁�etra (Puri)". Although their works have not covered the whole temples of Purusottama k峁�etra, but still these works are invaluable for the present work. On the whole, all the earlier literary works have been utilised in this work. The present research work has covered the untouched areas, which have been overlooked by earlier scholars. 9. Main Objective of this Research Work:- The k峁�etra is well known for its greatest monument of Lord Jagann膩tha in India. Besides the temple of Lord Jagannatha, a good number of extant temples representing the various branches of the Kalinga Style of Architecture viz rekha and pi岣峝h膩 types, are also noticed in the different parts of Purusottama k峁�etra. These monuments are enchanting to tourists, historians, archaeologists, antiquarians and architects from all over India and abroad. The history of temple building activities in the k峁�etra can be seen in a series of beautiful temples dating from about the 10th century to the 19th century AD. These temples survived near about one thousand and two hundred years through the vicissitudes of time, afford a varied and interesting study to the scholars of Art History and Archaeology. The k峁�etra of Purusottama always attracts the attention of scholars as well as tourists. As stated earlier, some scholars have worked on the history and culture of Lord Jagann膩tha temple and a few minor temples of the k峁�etra. But they have not gone into the details of minor temples of Purusottama k峁�etra, which have more historical importance. Most of the temples of k峁�etra have to be dealt with in detail. The survey and documentations of these remaining temples form the core objective of the present work along with the architectural designs, the sculptural programmes and paintings. Further gradual development of the temple style is to be studied in detail as far as practicable. As these aspects of the remaining temples of Purusottama k峁�etra have not been taken up as seriously, a 17