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Temples of Purushottama Kshetra Puri

by Ratnakar Mohapatra | 2007 | 135,363 words

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. The region serves as a key ...

8. Review of Literatures

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Some scholars of Art history have done extensive works on the temple architecture of Orissa and also done a few works on the temple of Lord Jagannatha at Puri. A few scholars have also undertaken some works on the temples of ksetra, but they have not extensively dealt with this ksetra in their scholarly works. Also most of the scholars have not given their proper attentions to the temples of the whole ksetra. The different works of scholars, antiquarians, historians as well as archaeologists are Books, Magazines, Journals, Reviews, Antiquities, Records, Reports, Gazetteers, Proceedings, etc. The titles of works and their authors are being mentioned below:The most important scholarly works and their authors are "Orissa and Her Remains; (Ancient and Medieval) by M.M.Ganguly, Side Lights on History and Culture of Orissa, Edited by M.N.Dash, Orissa District Gazetteer; Puri, Edited by N.Senapati and D.C. Kuanr, Puri, A. Gazetteer by L.S.S.O' Malley Temples of Orissa by K.S.Behera, Canons of Orissan Architecture by N.K.Bose, History of Orissa by R.D.Banerjee, Studies in Orissan History, Archaeology and Achieves by P. Acharya, Early Stone Temples of Orissa by Vidya Dehejia, Hindu Temple Art of Orissa by T.E.Donaldson, History of Indian and Eastern Architecture by James Ferguson, Temples of Orissa By D.R.Das, The Antiquities of Orissa, Vol-I & II by R.L.Mitra Archaeology in Orissa (Sites and Monuments) by R.P.Mohapatra, 'Decorative Motives of Orissan Temples' by K.C.Panigrahi in Side Lights on History and Culture of Orissa, Edited by M.N.Das, Sri Jagannatha Temple At A Glance by G.C.Tripathy, The Cult of Jagannatha and the Regional Tradition of Orissa,Edited by A.Eschmann, H.Kulke and G.C. Tripathy, Temples of 15

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Jagannatha Puri by Robert Dunbar, Madalapanji Edited by A.B.Mohanty, History of Orissa by H.K.Mahatab, The Jagannatha Temple in Eastern India by K.N.Mahapatra, The Forgotten Monuments of Orissa Edited by B.K.Ratha, Art Tradition of Orissa, Edited by Orissa Sahitya Akademi, The Cult of Jagannatha by K.C.Mishra, Indian Architecture (Buddhist and Hindu periods) by Percy Brown, Jagannatha Mandira O Jagannatha Tatwa (Oriya) by Pt. S.N.Das, Sri Jagannatha At Puri by J.B.Padhi, Katakarajavamsavali, Edited by G.C.Tripathy & H.Kulke, Cultural Advancement of Orissa under the Gangas of Kalinga by Ratnagiri Rao, Sakti Worship in Orissa by B.C.Pradhan, The Cult and Culture of Lord Jagannatha Edited by D.Panda and S.C.Panigrahi, Inscriptions of the Temples of Puri and Origin of Sri Purusottama by S.N.Rajguru, Archaeological Remains At Bhubaneswar by K.C.Panigrahi, Orissara Devadevi by Hari Hara Bahinipati, Tantra and Sakta Art of Orissa by T.E.Donaldson, Silpaprakasa of Ramacandra Kaulacara, Translated and Annotated by Alice Borner & Sadasiva Rathasarma, Early Kalinga Art and Architecture by K.V.S. Rajan, Elements of Hindu Iconography, Two Volumes by T.A. Gopinatha Rao, Hindu Temples (Two volumes) by Kramisch Stella, The Art of India and Indonesia by A.K. Coomarswamay etc. The articles related to temple art published are "Studies in the Temple Architecture in Orissa", in OHR/ by P.Acharya, "Types of Temple Architecture of Orissa", in JOHRS,Vol-XIV;No-2 by P.Acharya, "The Date of the Jagannatha Temple in Puri," in JASB ;Vol-LXVII by M.M.Chakravarti, "Antiquity of Jagannatha-Puri As a place of Pilgrimage" in JOHRS, Vol- III; No-1 by K.N.Mahapatra, "Temples of Orissa in JOHRS, Vol-1 by S.K.Sarasvati, "Oriya Inscriptions of the 15th and 16th century", vide JASB by M.M.Chakravarti, "Inscriptions of the Orissa", Vol-I, Part-II, Vol-V, Part-1, by S.N.Rajguru, Nilacala Gupta Jnana (Oriya) by B.Dash, Historical Accounts of Temples in Orissa by U.N.Sarkar, in Proceedings of Indian Historical Comm., Vol-XXXII,No-2, "The Temples of Orissa" in Indian Antiquities, Vol-LVII by R.D.Banerjee, "Kalinga Style of Architecture" in Indian Historical Quarterly,Vol- XV by D.P. Ghosh, "Brahminical Temples of Orissa" in Orissa Review, Monument Special by 16

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K.S.Behera, "Puri; City of Lords" in Orissa Review by Srinibas Tripathy, "Builder of Jagannatha Temple; Myth and Reality", in Orissa Review by K.S.Behera etc. The above mentioned authors and their scholarly works have partially helped the writing of thesis on "Temples of Purusottama Ksetra (Puri)". Although their works have not covered the whole temples of Purusottama ksetra, but still these works are invaluable for the present work. On the whole, all the earlier literary works have been utilised in this work. The present research work has covered the untouched areas, which have been overlooked by earlier scholars.

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