CONTENTS Foreword (v) Preface (vii) List of Illustrations (xi) Jagannatha in Historical Perspectives: An Introduction - Rabinarayan Dash 1-16 1. Hints on The Significance and History of Jagannatha 17-42 Pan dit Nilakantha Das 2.The Temples of Jagannatha in Bengal 43-48 D.R. Das, Rajat Sanyal & Sharmila Saha 3. Jagannatha : A Few Sidelights in Persian Accounts 77-89 Lalatendu Das Mohapatra 4. Concept of Jagannath Among the Assamere Hindus 90-102 Birinchi K. Medhi 5. Art and Architecture of Lord Jagannath Temple, Puri 103-105 G.C. Chaubey 6. The Development of Purushottama Jagannath or The Jagannath Cult in The Inscriptions of Orissa (261 BC-1533 AD) 106-119 Rabinarayan Dash 7. Sri Jagannatha : The Upanisadic Brahman 120-122 Braja Kishore Swain 8. Purusottamaksetra: A Review 123-127 Bijayananda Kar 9. Subsidiary Shrines in Sri Jagannath Tempte Premises 128-133 Jagabandhu Padhi 10. The Shiva Aspects of Purusottama Jagannatha 134-138 Lakshman Kumar Panda 11. Purusottama-Jagannatha in Skanda Purana 139-142 Gopinath Mahapatra 12. ImpriniS of Jainism On The Cult of Jagannatha 143-145 U.K. Subuddhi 13.Sri Jagannath Temples in Orissa : A Socio-Cultural Study146-158 Surendra Nath Dash 14. Management of Jagannath Temple During the 19th Century159-163 Bhagirathi Mohapatra 15. Niladrimahodaya : A Record of The Traditions and Customs of Orissa 164-169 Basudev Mishra 16. Lord Jagannatha and The Great Temple As Reflected in Garigavarhsanucarita Campu 170-175 Raghunath Panda Pranati Mishra 17. Navakalevara Through The Ages 176-183 PrafullaK. Mishra 18.Human Elements in The Daily Rituals of Sri Jagannath Temple 184-190 Ramchandra Mishra 19. The Cult of Jagannath : The Round-Eyed Lord of The Universe 191-196 Rai Charan Das 20.Evolution of Shri Jagannath Temple Management197-201 Sarat Chandra Mahapatra 21. The Daily Rituals in The Sri Jagannath Temple, 202-207 Puri Mahimortan Tripathy 22. Different Names of Lord Jagannatha Depicted in Sanskrit Dramas 208-214 Trinath Hota 23.Jagannath : The Evolutionary Form of Nilamadhava Durgamadhav and Radhamadhava Gopal Krishna Srichandan 215-220 24. The Sociological and Universal Heritage of Sri Jagannath Cult 221-225 Jagannath Mohanty 25.Sri Jagannath in Oriya Lyric Poetry 226-231 Balaram Das 26. The Origin, Antiquity and the Evolution of Lord Purusotham Jagannatha: 232-261 A study through Placenames Asutosh Prasad Patnaik 27. Jagannatha in Art and Paintings 262-267 Dinanath Pathy 28.Jagannatha in Oriya Prose Literature268-272 L.K. Parida 29.Shrines Inside the Lord Jagannatha Temple Complex, Puri273-285 Sushanta Kumar Kar List of Contributors 286-287 Illustrations