History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c46.84

v2.c46.84

It must be remembered that in talking of the Liṅgarāja or the Kṛittivāsa, the Ananta-Vāsudeva or the Brahmeśvara, which at present consist of a Vimāna, Jagamohana, Nāṭamandira, and Bhogamaṇḍapa, i.e., one sanctum and the three maṇḍapas, we are concerned, before the end of the 12th century, with the original structure consisting of a Vimāna and a Jagamohana. The temples which we have selected to represent the types of the third period in the evolution of mediaeval temples in Orissa, Liṅgarāja or Kṛittivāsa and the Ananta-Vāsudeva, show the Vimāna with a Śikhara which curves suddenly towards the end near the Āmalaka and the Jagamohana is a rectangular chamber with a stepped pyramid as its roof. There is ample evidence on the eastern face of the Jagamohana to show that the Nāṭmandir of the Liṅgarāja is a later addition.