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Art & Architecture of the temple:- The temple of Lokanatha is one of the most important temple at Puri and conspicuous because it is oriented towards the west. According to H.C. Das, the Pasupata temples of Orissa of the Sailodbhava period had such a typical orientation towards the west. 12 The temple consists of four structures such as vim膩na, jagamohana, n膩峁璦ma峁囜笉apa and bhogama峁囜笉apa. This temple is built in sand stones, which locally called as S膩n岣纺� patharas. Due to many natural calamities, the present temple of Lokanatha is buried near about 15 feet under the sand (Pl.No-5). Vim膩na ' The vim膩na of the Lokanatha temple is a panca ratha rekh膩 deu岣穉 and its height is about 30 feet from the ground of the temple. 13 Most of the b膩岣峚 portion of the vim膩na have been covered with marbles. So the detailed architectural features of the b膩岣峚 are not seen. The baranda of the b膩岣峚 is completely plain and also covered with marbles. P膩r艣vadevat膩s:- The central niches of the three sides of b膩岣峚 are housed with the p膩rsvadevat膩 images of Um膩-Mahe艣vara, K膩rtikeya and Gane艣a. The image of Um膩-Mahe艣vara is the p膩rsvadevata of the northern side. The image of 艢iva or Mahe艣vara has been installed on the plain pedestal. Devi P膩rvat墨 or Um膩 is seated on the left lap of 艢iva. Out of the four hands of Mahe艣vara, three hands display tris奴岣穉, dambaru, abhaya mudr膩 and the rest hand is lying upon the shoulder of dev墨 P膩rvat墨 or Um膩. The left hand of dev墨 Um膩 (P膩rvat墨) displays a lotus flower while the right hand lies on the shoulder of Lord Mahe艣vara (艢iva). The backside of the head of the Um膩-Mahe艣vara is carved with trefoil makara headed arch. Two flying apsara figures are carved on either side top corner of the background slab of this side deity. Lion and bull, the traditional mounts of the both Um膩 and Mahe艣vara are also found from the pedestal. Three diminutive female devotees with kneeling postures are also carved on the pedestal. China plates are finely covered the inner walls of the northern p膩rsvadevat膩 niche. Marble slabs have covered the ground floor of the central niche of the northern side. The front side of 176