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jagamohana

jagamohana

The assembly hall of an Odia temple, standing before the deul as the mandapa does before a southern sanctum.

Where this term appears

  • Konark: The Sun Temple Temples

    There is the deul (the tower or sanctum, the tall curved spire that crowns the shrine), and in front of it the jagamohana (the porch or assembly hall where worshippers gather).

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