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The Madalapanji or the palm leaf chronicles are the historical diaries of the Jagannath Temple of Puri. They describe the historical events of Orissa related to Lord Jagannath. Though the actual date of starting of the Madalapanji is not known, it is believed that it might be started from" the 13th or 14th Century AD. The work is a classic and literary master piece of the first order, parallel to which very few vernacular works of India. It can be compared ...
The book traces the evolution of Orissan temples style up to the close of eleventh century A.D. when fully evolved temples like Lingaraja and Brahmesvara of Bhubaneswar were built. An attempt has been made in this book to explain many of the changes that occured in course of evolution in regard to the architecture and sculpture of the temples. It has been shown that Orissan temple possessed inherent strength to develop on its own independent of external ...