Identifier: archaeologicalsu01nage (find matches)
Title: The archaeological survey of Mayurabhanja
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Nagendra-Natha Vasu
Subjects: Cults Buddha and Buddhism
Publisher: (Calcutta Printed by U.N. Bhattacharyya at the Hare Press)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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^ indicate tiie influence of the Dravidiaustyle of architecture. The original imageof the Goddess ra^a-Chandi was brought toBaripada and in its x^hice a ligure, ) J cubits high,of Narasiriihi has been sidjstituted. ( Plate No.32). In front of the temple is a court-yard wherelieaps of stones arc lying scattered about. Oneis tempted to think that tliese are the ruins of aXatamandira. Human skulls having been foundliere, there is a popular belief that formerlyhuman sacrilices were offered here in largenumbers l^efore the goddess. There aretraces here and there of the Kurumbera(enclosures) which existed in early times round Mayurabhanja Archaeological Survey.
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o4. Temple of Paca-Chandi at Badsdi. P.AKSAT. 39 standing ou tlie temple and the tank. This Kuriimbera isabout 200 Ly l^UO Jeet. Formerly ou each sideoE tlie Slmlia-dctira ( Liou-gatc ) of the euclosurothere was the ligure of a lionelephant. ( Plate No. GO ). These two ;figures have nowbeen removed andi:»laced on the court-yard of the temx:)le.T li e s c u 1 p t u r a 1beauty of the figureof a lion piercing thebead of an elephantis superb andcompels admiration.The figures of theGoddess and lion aremade of excellentchlorite. The lion is2 cubits high and 11cubits broad. For-merly people used tocall the place Nara-munda-bali or Bali-Naramunda—as nu-merous human sacri- ^^- lion ox elkihant.fices used to be offered to this goddess. To thisfact probably the village owes its name Nara-mundali (the place of human sacrifices). Tradition says, that the temple of the Goddesswas built bj^ the Bhanja Raja Aikramaditya.The Casana which was granted here by hisyoungest son, Prince Balabhadra Bhanj

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