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lions are fixed on the top of the kanika pagas of the gandi. Deu岣穉 C膩ri峁嚹� figures are inserted in the four-cardinal directions of the beki above r膩h膩s. The mastaka of the vim膩na consists of beki, ama岣穉ka艣il膩, khapur墨, ka岣穉sa, ayudha (trident) and dhvaja. The sanctum preserves the Sivalinga within Saktipitha as the presiding deity of the temple. There is a small bull installed on the floor of the sanctum. The backside wall of the sanctum contains two sculptures of dasabhuj膩 Durg膩 and M膩dhava. Due to the closing of the door of temple, these two deities could not survey in detail. The sanctum has one doorway towards east. The jambs of the doorway are completely undecorated. The figures of Nandi and Bh峁沶gi are carved on either side doorjambs of the temple. They are acting as the traditional dv膩rap膩岣穉s of the 艢iva temple. i The architectural features of the temple indicate that it was constructed after the main temple of Lord Jagann膩tha. Probably, it was built during the period of the Gajapatis of Orissa. From the artistic point of view, the p膩rsvadevat膩 images of the temple are more developed than the art of the Ganga period. 9. Bele艣vara Temple The temple of Bele艣vara is situated 3.5 kms distance from the Bele艣vara chhak of the Marine Drive road, which lies between Puri and Ko峁嚹乺ka. This is a small temple dedicated to Lord Siva and it is also exactly located 5 kms distance from the Baligh茫i chhak towards the sea-shore. 125 On the basis of Skanda Pur膩峁嘺, the Bele艣vara temple is situated on the eastern side end of the Sarkha K峁�etra. According to a local tradition, god R膩ma Chandra had initially installed here a cylindrical stone as Sivalingam, which looks like a Bela (a fruit). It is known from the mythological story that Lord K峁涐梗峁嘺 worshipped Lord Siva here by offering a Bela. 126 The Bela shaped lingam and offering of Bela to Lord for which the shrine earned the name as Bele艣vara. R.L.Mitra has said that the temple of Bele艣vara is one of the A峁ａ弓a艣ambhus who guards the temple of Lord Jagann膩tha. 127 The temple of Bele艣vara 艢iva is a holy spot of the k峁�etra. 223