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temple complex. There is a big Hanumana idol installed in the middle of the descending steps of the southern side entrance gateway of the temple. Date of the temple 44 There is no authentic evidence or record regarding the approximate date
of the construction period of the Yame艣vara temple of Puri. According to the
opinions of the old priests, this 艢iva temple was built in the eleventh century AD.
On the basis of the architectural features, P.K. Pattanaik says that the temple of
Yame艣vara probably belongs to the eighth century AD." B.K. Ratha has mentioned
that the Yame艣vara temple of Puri was constructed in the twelfth century AD.42
D.R.Das has opined that the temple of Yame艣vara represents an incipient
pancaratha plan. Among the better known pancaratha temple of Orissa, the
Mukte艣vara temple of Bhubaneswar is the earliest example in which the
pancaratha plan is firmly established. Therefore, it is logical to trace the ancestry of
the pancaratha plan of Muktesvara temple to the style of this temple. 43 There is
some resemblance between these two. The fact that their architectural style
prompts one to find in Yamesvara temple an anticipation of the plan of
Muktesvara temple, which belongs to the second half of the 10th century AD. ** It
indicates that the temple of Yame艣vara was constructed in the later period of the
Muktesvara temple of Bhubaneswar. J.B.Padhi has mentioned that the temples of
Yame艣vara and M膩rka峁囜笉e艣vara of Puri must have belonged to the Somava峁僺i
period considering their architectural style. 45 H.S. Pattanaik is the view that the
temple of Yame艣vara belongs to the Somava峁僺i rule of Orissa history.46 H.V.
Stietencron has pointed out that the original presiding deity of the k峁�etra was
Vimal膩 and her shrine (temple) was situated at Ni岣纺乧a岣穉. Flanking this dune at the
base, on the west and to the north were, the Saiva temples of Yame艣vara; Kap膩岣穉
Mocana, Lokan膩tha and M膩rka峁囜笉e艣vara, several of which are now mostly below
the present ground level." This information suggests that the temple of Yame艣vara
is contemporary of the earlier Vimal膩 temple, which was constructed during the
Somava峁僺i period or before the advent of Vaisnavism in Orissa. On the basis of
the architectural style, the construction period of the main deu岣穉 and the porch of
the Yame艣vara temple can be tentatively assigned to the first half of the 11th
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