Jagamohana

The jagamohana in front of the shikhara, Mukteshvara Temple, Bhuvaneswar
The jagamohana of the Konarka Sun Temple

A Jagamohana (Sanskrit: जगमोहन, romanized: jagamōhana),[1][2] also rendered Jagamohana (Odia: ଜଗମୋହନ) is an assembly hall[3] in Hindu temple architecture, especially found in the region of Odisha.[4][5]

  1. ^ Orissa Society of Americas 25th Annual Convention Souvenir: For Annual Convention Held in 1994 at Pamona, New Jersey. Odisha Society of the Americas. p. 31.
  2. ^ Menon, Usha (2013-03-01). Women, Wellbeing, and the Ethics of Domesticity in an Odia Hindu Temple Town. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 32. ISBN 978-81-322-0885-3.
  3. ^ Kulke, Hermann; Sahu, Bhairabi Prasad (2022-01-13). The Routledge Handbook of the State in Premodern India. Taylor & Francis. p. 487. ISBN 978-1-000-48514-1.
  4. ^ Volwahsen, Andreas (1968). Inde bouddhique, hindoue, jaïn. Architecture universelle (in French). Fribourg, Switzerland: Office du Livre, Fribourg. pp. 50–57.
  5. ^ "Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent - Glossary". Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2012-08-15.