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The text relating to the construction of the temple states, "Who could erect a suitable temple for such a god as Lord Purusottama whose feet are this earth; the navel is entire space whose two ears are all directions, whose pair of eyes are the Sun and Moon and lastly, the skull is the sky (above), this temple had been neglected by previous kings but its construction work was initiated by Gangesvara.* On the basis of the Kendupatn膩 Copper Plate of Narasimha Deva-II dated 1296 AD, M.M. Chakravarti has identified Gange艣vara with Ananta Varmana Co岣峚ganga Deva, the founder of the Ganga dynasty in Utkala territory of ancient Orissa. 5 Most of the scholars also unanimously accept that the title Gangesvara is Ananta Varman Co岣峚ganga Deva. It was very difficult to finish the entire temple construction by a single ruler. So the construction work as it was huge task, was possibly continued by his successors and lastly Ananga Bhima Deva-II(1190-1198AD) completed it. The D膩sagoba Copper Plate inscription distinctly states that the temple was caused to be completed and not resorted by Anangabhima Deva in the Saka year 1119 i.e. corresponding to 1197 AD.6 According to Ka峁璦kar膩java峁僺膩va岣纺� king Anangabhima Deva-II possibly constructed the incomplete portions of the new temple of Lord Purusottama in 艢ak膩vda 1119 (i.e. corresponding to 1197AD). Most of the earlier scholars have also accepted it as the approximate date regarding the completion of the present temple of Lord Jagannatha. 8 One hundred years after the initiation of the construction work of the present great temple, Anangabhima Deva-III (1211-1238 AD), the Ganga ruler consecrated the newly constructed great temple of Lord Purusottama (Jagannatha) at Puri.' It is clearly known from the dynastic records that the temple of Lord Purusottama was initiated by Ananta Varman Co岣峚ganga Deva and completed by Anangabhima Deva II in 1197 A.D. It is possible that the construction work of the present temple started after Co岣峚ganga Deva shifted his capital from Kalinga Nagara to Cuttack, which centrally located. R. Subba Rao has inferred that Co岣峚ganga Deva transferred his capital to Cuttack in 1135 AD.10 S.N. Rajguru has also pointed out that the Ba岣峚 deula and jagamohana of Jagannatha temple were probably begun by Co岣峚ganga Deva sometimes after the prolonged war with the K膩l膩curis and his suppression of the border rebellion in about 1135 AD. By the year 1135 AD, Co岣峚ganga Deva had almost finished the work of his empire building. After the 11 84