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reached at this k峁�etra (Puri) where the head fell down from his hand.The place at
which the head touched the earth, Siva sat there and worshipped Lord Jagannatha.
He became famous in the name of Brahma Kap膩岣穉 Mocana 艢iva or Kap膩岣穉 Mocana
艢iva of Sankha K峁�etra. On the basis of Skanda Pur膩峁嘺, G.C. Tripathy has
described that the shrine of Kap膩岣穉 Mocana is located in the second circle of the
conch (Sankha)." K.C. Acharya has also described that Lord Siva could get rid of
the fifth head of Brahm膩, which he had slain, only here after failing to do so
anywhere else.78
80 On the basis of the cultural importance of the shrine, R.L. Mitra has taken
Kap膩岣穉 Mocana 艢iva as one of the A峁ａ弓a艣ambhus of the k峁�etra and other sambhus
are M膩rka峁囜笉e艣vara, Yaj帽e艣vara, Ni岣穉kanthe艣vara, Bele艣vara, I艣膩ne艣vara,
Velve艣vara and P膩t膩岣積艣vara.鈥� Surya Narayan Das has pointed out that, of these,
the five 艢ivas are considered as the guardian deities of 艢r墨k峁�etra. Those 艢ivas are
Lokan膩tha, M膩rka峁囜笉e艣vara, Yame艣vara, Ni岣穉kanthe艣vara and Kap膩岣穉 Mocana.
H.S. Pattanik also opines that the deity Kap膩岣穉 Mocana is a Svayambhu Lingam,
one of the Panca-P膩峁囜笉ava 艢iva who participates in the function of the Jagann膩tha
temple including the Candana Y膩tr膩.鲁鹿 R.L.Mitra describes that the immediate
neighbourhood of the 膧lbuke艣vara temple is Kap膩岣穉 Mocana temple, which is
insignificant, without its antiquity. 82M.M. Ganguly has also mentioned that the
temples of Yame艣vara, Kap膩岣穉 Mocana and the Albuke艣vara, which are of no
importance except that attached to them by tradition in respect of their sancity
From the architectural point of view, the temple of Kap膩岣穉 Mocana is not so
important but from the religious point of view, it is one of the important 艢aiva
shrines of Puri town.
Architectural features of the temple
83 The temple of Kap膩岣穉 Mocana consists of three structures such as vim膩na,
jagamohana and n膩峁璦ma峁囜笉apa (Pl.No-10). The temple was originally envisaged
30 to 40 feet below the road level. This temple is built in sand stones, called as
Bau岣穉m膩岣纺� and Kand膩 patharas. All the structures of the temple are thickly
plastered with lime mortar. So the details of carvings on the temple are not
describable. The temple faces to east.
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