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part of jangha. The central niches of the three sides of the b膩岣峚 are housed with p膩r艣vadevat膩 images of Gaja-Lak峁�m墨 in abhi峁�eka style. The baranda of the b膩岣峚 consists of six decorative horizontal mouldings, which are relieved with scroll- works, flower devices, j膩li works, a frieze of elephants and dancing female figures. The bada of the vimana is surmounted by the curvilinear superstructure, which displays five pagas. The jhap膩 si峁僪as are only projected on the middle portion of each side rah膩 paga of the gandi. The base of the front side r膩h膩 paga of the gandi contains an angasikhara, which is crowned by the gajakr膩nta motif. Dopichh膩 lions are projected on the top of the kanika pagas of the ga峁囜笉i. Deu岣穉 Cari峁嚹� figures are also 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i岣纺�, khapur墨, ka岣穉sa ayudha (cakra). Here the dhvaja is not noticed above the ayudha. Goddess Lak峁�mi is being worshipped in the sanctum as the presiding deity of the temple. The four armed dev墨 Lak峁�mi has been installed on the si峁僪膩sana of 2 feet high. She has the form of a Gaja-Lak峁�mi (Pl.No-45). Her right upper hand holds a lotus flower, right lower hand displays varada mudr膩, left upper hand shows a lotus flower and left lower hand displays abhaya mudr膩. The image of Lak峁�mi is carved out of a black-chlorite slab and its height is little more than 3 feet. The inner walls of the sanctum are devoid of decorative elements in contrast to the exterior walls. There is sandhistha岣穉 noticed between the vim膩na and jagamohana. The outer walls of the sandhisthala are relieved with 艣ik峁Ｄ乨膩na scene, royal war tour scene and other decorative elements like the b膩岣峚 of the vim膩na. Jagamohana:- G.C.Tripathy opines that the jagamohana of the Lak峁�m墨 temple was built subsequently during the reign of Mukunda Deva (1655-1693AD). 17 This view is not accepted by most of the scholars. The structure of jagamohana is a pi岣峢膩 deu岣穉 and its height is about 35 feet from the surface of the temple complex. The jagamohana has also four-fold vertical divisions such as pista, b膩岣峚, gandi and mastaka. It stands on an ornamental pista of 1 foot 6 inches high. The pi峁�ta is decorated with scroll works, flower medallions and lotus petalled devices. The b膩岣峚 of the jagamohana is also trianga type i.e. having three vertical divisions viz p膩bh膩ga, 249