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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.

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Avatara Ayudha Bāḍa Bada danda Bada deuḷa Bandha Bandhanā Bānka-jāli Bara-jhānji Baranda Barandi Basanta Bedi or Vedī = Beki Beki-bhairava - Bhadra Bhairava anuratha niches or on the outer walls of the main deuḷa and mukhaśāḷ�. They are not worshipped like the presiding deity. an incarnation of deity. a symbolical weapon or attribute in the hands of divinities. wall portion of the temple below the curvilinear spire or pyramidal roof and above piṣṭa. the chief path-way. main temple among the temples. ´a frieze, a band, a level of moulding. a set of horizontal mouldings that divide the jangha into upper and lower storeys, the third element from upwards of the bāḍa. a sort of jāli or lattice or honey combed work. a sort of carving lining the doorway of an Orissan temple, a water plant. moulding (single or multiple) forming the top element of the bāḍa. It demarcates the bāḍa from the gandi. the first or lower most moulding in bandhanā or baraṇḍa, horizontal mouldings forming bhūmi division on the gandi of rekha temple. the fifth element of the pābhāga from the below upwards. altar; bisama; a kind of pista. neck part of the temple; portion between the gandi and the amaḷakaśiḷ� of rekhā; between the upper piḍhã and the ghaṇṭā and amḷaka in piḍhã deuḷa. crouching human figure placed on the beki above each rāhā, which helps to support the amḷakaśiḷ�. On later temple it is replaced by seated images of the presiding deity or, on Viṣṇu temples, by Garuḍa. auspicious; particular order of temple (bhadra-deula) mukhaśāḷ� in front of the temple. a terrific figure of Lord Siva. Bhararakṣakas or Bhāravāhakas- atlantid gaṇas, dwarfs with uplifted hands, as if supporting a structure above, generally carved on the capital or pilasters or placed in horizontal recesses. Bho an ornamental motif of a highly ornate caitya-medallion flanked on either side by a gana or female figure. 343 Bhogamandapa
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a hall of offerings; the refectory hall of a temple.

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