338 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [September, 1912. 
has an area, according to the latest survey, of ‘393 acres. 
temple, with four side temples, one on each corner. The main 
temple occupies an area of -082 acres, and consists of four 
parts :-— 
1. The tower. 
2. The porch. 
3. The dancing-hall. 
4. The hall of offerings. 
From the inscription one learns that Bhavadeva built 
a high wheel-crested temple, placed in its inner sanctum the 
images of Vasudeva, Ananta and Nrsimha, dug out in its 
front a pool (vapi), and endowed it with a hundred damsels. 
e pool no longer exists. It has been probably absorbed 
in the great tank of Vindu-sigara. The height of the tower 
is said to be 60 ft., which is probably an under-estimate. 
Within the inner sanctum may still be seen the three images 
(not two, as Dr. Mitra says). 
The porch has over its entrance the figures of Nava-graha 
or nine planets. This indicates that the dancing-hall in front 
would appear to have been a subsequent addition. 
The offering-hall is another plain structure, but whether 
t was co-existent with the tower or not can not be said 
-, and rank with similar offerings in 
the Lingaraja temple as maha-prasdds, i.e. sanctified foods 
which all castes can take together. 
The elaborate mouldings and carvings on the outside of 
the tower and the porch are worth seeing. They are splendid 
specimens of Orissan ston: works. Specially remarkable are 
the elephants, the foliage, and the traceries on the porch. 
Words can not give any true idea of the original. I, therefore, 
add photographs of — 
(1) A general view of the temple from the south-west ; 
(2) The tower with its attached (nis@) small temple, 
: rom south-west ; 
(3) Details of carvings and mouldings in the tower, 
north facade ; 
(4) Details of carvings in the porch, south facade ; 
(5) The inscription. 
