Essay name: Temples of Purushottama Kshetra Puri
Author:
Ratnakar Mohapatra
Affiliation: Sambalpur University / Department of History
This essay studies the Temples of Purushottama Kshetra (Puri) which is renowned for its historic and religious significance, situated in Orissa (Odisha) by the Bay of Bengal. Purusottama-ksetra is famous for the Lord Jagannatha temple and numerous smaller temples, it showcases the distinctive Kalinga architectural style.
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of Orissa; Cuttack, 1977, p.791.
22. R.P. Mohapatra, Op.-cit, p.173.
23. R.L.Mitra, Op.-cit,p.233.
24. Pt. S.N.Das, Jagannatha Mandira O Jagannātha Tatwa (Oriya), Cuttack, 1966,
p.312.
25. H.S.Pattanaik, Lord Jagannatha (His Temple, Cult and Festival), New Delhi, 1994,
p.138.
26. Skanda Purāṇa; Utkaḷa khaṇḍa, Chapter-4, Verse-58-59, Calcutta, 1911. Also see
R.C.Mishra, Purusottama Kṣetra (A Study on Jagannatha
Culture), Puri, 2003, p.308.
27. M.M.Ganguly, Op.-cit, p.433.
28. R.L.Mitra, Op-cit, p.230.
29. B.Gochhikara, "Kṣetrapāḷa Yameśvara Mahādeva", in B.Mishra (Ed), Śrī Kṣetrara
Devādevī (Oriya), Vol.1, Puri, 2003, p.10.
30. B.K.Ratha, Op.-cit, pp.230-231.
31. Ibid.
32. P.K.Pattanaik, "Historic Monuments in the Kṣetra of Jagannātha", in M.N.Das
(Ed), Sidelights on History and Culture of Orissa, Cuttack, 1977,
p.510.
33. B.Gochhikara, Op-cit, p.11.
34. P.K.Pattanaik, Op-cit., p.510.
35. Pt. K.C.Acharya, Purusottama Kṣetrara Itihāsa O Mahātmyam, Singbhum, 1953,
p.97.
36. R.P.Mohapatra, Op-cit, p.174.
37. Ibid.
38. B.K.Ratha, Cultural History of Orissa, New Delhi, 1983, p.175.
39. H.V.Stietencron, "Advent of Vaishnavism in Orissa", in A.Eschemann, H. Kulke
and G.C.Tripathy (Eds), The Cult of Jagannatha And Regional
Tradition of Orissa, New Delhi, 1978, p.15.
40. P.K.Pattanaik, Op-cit, p.509.
41. Ibid.
42. B.K.Ratha, (Eds), Op.-cit, 1990, pp.230-231.
43. D.R.Das, Temples of Orissa, New Delhi, 1982, pp.40-41.
