The Antiquities of Orissa v2.c17.s1.234

v2.c17.s1.234

Access to the hall is had by two doors on each side, north and south. One of these, however, has on each side a flight of steps, the other opening on the berm in front. There is a door too leading to the Refectory and the eastern door of the porch opens into it on the west. There are two other doors, very small ones, one at the south-east and the other at the south-west corner. The former opens into the covered passage from the kitchen and the latter to the berm on the south side and is intended for the priests who carry choice offerings from the kitchen to the temple proper. On the berms on the two sides of the hall there are four small buildings, one on the south and three on the north. The former (No. 13) is a small circular temple occupied by a *liṅgam*; and of the latter, the first (No. 71) is the tiring-room of Lakṣmī. [120] Here she comes from her temple (No. 37) to put on her robes before proceeding to the pavilion (No. 57) to welcome Jagannâtha. The next (No. 72) is the orchestra, where the musicians assemble and play on their instruments at different stated times of the day and the night to mark the completion of particular ceremonies. But when such ceremonies are followed by dancing and singing, the usual place for them is the Dancing Hall itself. The last (No. 73) is devoted to an image of Kṛṣṇa.