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Paintings: The southern inner wall of the jagamohana of the temple is depicted with the painting of B膩n膩mbara (艢iva). The ten handed dancing figure of B膩n膩mbara is painted in standing posture on the prostrate body of an asura (demon). His upper two hands possess a snake, the left four hands display dambaru, bell, ankusa and abhaya mudra while the right four hands possess trident, para艣u, p膩sa and varada -mudr膩 respectively. Boundary Wall: The temple of Kap膩岣穉 Mocana is enclosed by a high masonry wall, which is made of laterite. The height of the boundary wall is about 25 feet from the surface of the temple complex and five feet above the road level. Now the surface of the temple complex is about 20 feet below the road level. The measurement of the boundary walls of the eastern and western sides is 90 feet and the northern and southern sides is 80 feet respectively." There is only one entrance in the north-east corner of the boundary wall. A flight of steps in descending order are arranged for entry into the surface of the temple complex. Date of the temple 94 95 There is no authentic source regarding the approximate date of the
Kap膩岣穉 Mocana temple of Puri. On the basis of structural designs, H.S. Pattanaik
has held the view that the older parts of the Kap膩岣穉 Mocana temple belong to the
Somava峁僺i period. J.B.Padhi says that the temple of Kap膩岣穉 Mocana must have
belonged to the Somava峁僺i period and been constructed in the contemporary
period of Yame艣vara temple of Puri town. According to B.K. Ratha, the Kap膩岣穉
Mocana temple of Puri town was built in the 12th century AD." H.V. Stietencron
has pointed out that the Kap膩岣穉 Mocana temple belong to the Somava峁僺i period
when the old temple of goddess Vima岣纺� existed in the k峁�etra." It confirms that the
temple of Kap膩岣穉 Mocana is a contemporary of the original Vima岣纺� temple, which
was constructed during the Somava峁僺i period. On the basis of the architectural
devices, the construction period of the Kap膩岣穉 Mocana 艢iva temple can be
tentatively assigned to the 11th century AD. It is constructed in the design of the
Yame艣vara temple of Puri town. The temple was built before the construction of
present Jagannatha temple of Puri. Most probably, this temple was constructed by
the Somava峁僺i ruler of Orissa.
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