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the dv膩rap膩岣穉s. But in later temples the figures of these river goddesses do not appear in the same places. The n盲ga figures holding foliated vases with canopies of snake hoods are depicted by side of the dv盲rap膩岣穉s in the mukha艣膩岣纺� of the 艢i艣ire艣vara temple. This feature seems to have been borrowed from the Lalitagiri door-frame. In later temples occasionally male and female figures are depicted within niches at the bottom of the jambs. The gelb茫i design occurs on the doorframes of temples. C.L. Fabri describes these designs as "the most attractive and original specially of Orissan decorative art". 87 The image of Gaja-Lak峁�mi is normally carved on the centre of the doorway lintel, but in some temples either Ganesa or L膩kuli艣a takes the place of Gaja-Lak峁�mi. The figures of navagrahas are carved on the architrave above the doorway lintels of the most of temples. Other Decorative Designs: Besides the above decorative elements, other designs have also been used for the purpose of the decoration of walls of the Orissan temples. Of these, the architectural designs such as pidh膩 mundis (miniature representation of pidh膩 deu岣穉s) and kh膩khar膩 mu峁囜笉is (miniature representation of kh膩khar膩 temples) decorate the subsidiary pagas on the upper and lower j盲nghas of both the rekh膩 and pidh膩 deu岣穉s respectively. In some (rare) temples we also notice the rekh膩 mundis (miniature representation of rekha deu岣穉s) as the decorative elements of the b膩岣峚. These are the standard decorations for the later temples. The niches of these designs house p膩rsvadevat膩s, various cult images, mithunas, couples in sexual position and other figures like dikp膩岣穉s. The temples belonging to earlier phase also contains some other decorative designs such as j膩li and jhar膩va岣穒, which are rarely found in later temples. Decoration with large rounded dots is very popular with the earlier temples like the Para艣ur膩me艣vara, Svarnaja岣積艣vars, Vait膩岣穉 and Ku膩lo. Even if the dots occur in later temples, these are not as large in size as found in the above- mentioned earlier temples. b. Cult Images: The Cult-images rigidly follows canonical and iconographic injunctions. Most of these images were meant for regular worship, while others are shown on outer walls of the monuments. All these figures may be grouped accordingly to their religious affiliation and iconography. 55