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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.

Chapter 6 - Shakta Temples of Purushottama Kshetra

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Inner walls of the mukhaśāḷ� are devoid of decorative ornamentations. The doorway of the mukhaśāḷ� is also completely plain. Jaya and Vijay figures are standing on the both sides of the doorway. They are acting as the dvārapāḷās of the temple. Both the vimāna and mukhaśāḷ� are thickly plastered with lime mortar. At the time of survey, the temple was being renovated by the Archaeological Suvey of India; Puri Circle. On the basis of the architectural features, the construction period of the temple can be tentatively assigned to the 16th century AD. 7. Bāṭa-Mangaḷ� Temple The temple of Bāṭa-Mangaḷ� is exactly located 5 kms to the north east of the Jagannatha temple on the right side of the main road, which lies from Puri to Bhubaneswar. It is a small temple dedicated to goddess of auspicious locally called as Bāṭa Mangaḷ�. Generally, pilgrims come to Puri and go from Puri after prayer to the goddess for the safe of their journey. The temple of Bata Mangaḷ� consists of two structures such as vimana and jagamohana. This temple is built in sand stones and bricks. It faces to west. Vimāna.- The vimana of the temple is a small piḍhā deuḷa and its height is about 15 feet from the ground. 38 The base of the structure is square of 8 feet. The bāḍa of the vimāna is devoid of decorative ornamentations. There is no pārśvadevatā image found in the central niche of the bāḍa. So the side deities of the temple are completely absent in central niches. The bāḍa of the vimāna is surmounted by the pyramidal superstructure. It consists of three pidhās and each pidha is decorated with tänkus in all sides. The mastaka of the temple consists of beki, ghanṭ� (bell shaped member) above which there is another beki, amalaka śiḷ�, khapurī, kaḷasa, ayudha (cakra) and dhvaja. The sanctum preserves goddess Mangaḷ� as the presiding deity of the temple. The four armed image of devī Mangaḷ� has been installed on the double petalled lotus pedestal of 2 feet high. Her right upper hand holds conch, the left upper hand possesses trident and the lower two hands display abhaya and varada mudrā respectively. The slab of devī Mangaḷ� is about 2 feet in height and it is made of black-chlorite. The inner walls of the sanctum are completely plain. 267

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