CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY

Subject: Main hall, Gangavatarana, detail: Bhagiratha

Subject: Main hall, Gangavatarana, detail: Brahma

Subject: Main hall, Gangavatarana, detail: Visnu

Subject: Main hall, Gangavatarana, detail: Parvati

Subject: Main hall, Gangavatarana, detail: Gana

Subject: Main hall, western portico, South wall, Kalyanasundara panel

Subject: Main hall, western portico, south wall, Kalyanasundara panel, detail

Subject: Main hall, western portico, south wall, Kalyanasundara panel, detail

Subject: Shrinelet, rear wall, flying couple, detail

Subject: Door Lintel. This lintel bears the motifs of lotus and birds. Lintels in earliest Odishan temples indicated the deity to which a temple was dedicated. They have had an apotropaic or propitious function. Elaborate lintels have also been adopted in secular architecture where they beautify the entrance door frame in addition to indicating the ancestry of the dwellers. This object has been procured by Utkalika, Odisha State Co-operative Handicraft Corporation Ltd.

Subject: Door Lintel. This lintel bears the motifs of lotus and birds. Lintels in earliest Odishan temples indicated the deity to which a temple was dedicated. They have had an apotropaic or propitious function. Elaborate lintels have also been adopted in secular architecture where they beautify the entrance door frame in addition to indicating the ancestry of the dwellers. This object has been procured by Utkalika, Odisha State Co-operative Handicraft Corporation Ltd.

Subject: Door Lintel. This lintel bears the motifs of Gaja-Lakshmi and lotus. Lintels in earliest Odishan temples indicated the deity to which a temple was dedicated. They have had an apotropaic or propitious function. Elaborate lintels have also been adopted in secular architecture where they beautify the entrance door frame in addition to indicating the ancestry of the dwellers. This object has been procured by Utkalika, Odisha State Co-operative Handicraft Corporation Ltd.

Subject: Porch, back wall to right of entrance, apsara

Subject: Porch, back wall to right of entrance, apsara

Subject: Door Lintel. This lintel bears motifs of a double headed bird and lotus. Lintels in earliest Odishan temples indicated the deity to which a temple was dedicated. They have had an apotropaic or propitious function. Elaborate lintels have also been adopted in secular architecture where they beautify the entrance door frame in addition to indicating the ancestry of the dwellers.

Subject: Door Lintel. This lintel bears motifs of a double headed bird and lotus. Lintels in earliest Odishan temples indicated the deity to which a temple was dedicated. They have had an apotropaic or propitious function. Elaborate lintels have also been adopted in secular architecture where they beautify the entrance door frame in addition to indicating the ancestry of the dwellers.

Subject: Porch, back wall to right of entrance, apsaras

Subject: Porch, back wall to left of entrance, kinnaras on left and flora on right

Subject: Porch, back wall to left of entrance, gandharva flying with his troupe of celestial apsaras and musi

Subject: Porch, back wall to left of entrance, Gandharva with his troupe of celestial nymphs

Subject: Porch, back wall to left of entrance, Gandharva with his troupe of celestial nymphs and musicians

Subject: Porch, back wall to left of entrance, gandharva flying with his troupe of celestial apsaras and musi

Subject: Shrinelet, rear wall, flying couple

Subject: Wooden Door. Carved wooden doors formed an important part of traditional homes. They often carry symbolic motifs that are also enhanced by coloring. This door has been painted blue.