History of Orissa from the Earliest Times to the British Period v2.c46.89

v2.c46.89

All *Jagamohanas* of the third type, either at Bhuvanesvara or Puri or Konarak, are lofty halls, the heavy weight of the roof of which required additional supports in the shape of four free standing pillars in the centre. The pyramidal roof begins at a lower level than the top of these pillars and goes on ascending till it reaches the level of the capitals of these pillars, which are square in section. Four lintels placed on these pillars support one or two steps of the pyramid, which goes on ascending till it reaches the final. Towards the top the roof of the *Jagamohana* is a regular trabeate dome like the roofs of *Maṇḍapas* in North-Central and North-Western *Nāgara* temples. On the upper side the roof of the *Jagamohana* is a regular stepped pyramid ending in an *Āmalaka* and *Chūḍāmaṇi*.