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Gifts and Endowments: Temple Patronage in Early Medieval Odisha Gleaned through Epigraphs

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ABSTRACT: Early Medieval is marked as an era of temple building activities across the Indian subcontinent. Gifts and endowments by the royal community allowed in smooth running those temples. Early Medieval Odisha was not an exception from this trend. Stone temples built by the patrons right from the 6th-7th c.CE onwards. Kings, queens, relatives from royal family, officials, elite people, merchant and common people were involved in the system of gift giving to those early medieval temples of Odisha. Royal endowments outnumber other community or individual donations in comparison. Apparently, these endowments and gifts to the gods and goddess were meant for the support and survival of these temples. A group of staffs were engaged into its smoother functioning. Since, the presiding deity of any temple is considered as a living being, a set of daily rituals were added by the royal patrons. Rice, charu, dola, oil, cheese, butter like things and goods were donated by the patrons and those were offered as daily bhogas to the deity. Milch cows, devadasis are also gifted to god after some grandeur shrines came to establish where dance and music became part of temple rituals. Subsequently, during the reign of Imperial Gangas, the process of royal donations increased immensely mainly to the Siva and Vishnu temples. This paper aims to analyse the items of donation; royal, community and individual level temple donations etc. This paper also aims to trace the role of gifts and endowments in the domain of temple patronage in early medieval Odisha. Epigraphic records will be the main source of review and interpretation for current paper. Very few temples have records about their building process, patrons and patronage. Literary records are less conducive and reliable to reconstruct and analyse temple patronage in Odisha. In this context, present paper attempts to re look into the broader understanding of early medieval temple patronage in Odisha.

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Patronage, Gift, Endowment, Temple, Inscription, Donation, Bhoga, Devadasi, Caru, Dola, Oil

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"Gifts and Endowments: Temple Patronage in Early Medieval Odisha Gleaned through Epigraphs", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.b591-b598, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203177.pdf

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"Gifts and Endowments: Temple Patronage in Early Medieval Odisha Gleaned through Epigraphs", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. ppb591-b598, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203177.pdf

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Published Paper ID: JETIR2203177
Registration ID: 321102
Published In: Volume 9 | Issue 3 | Year March-2022
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): http://doi.one/10.1729/Journal.29435
Page No: b591-b598
Country: Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan , Birbhum, West Bengal, India .
Area: Arts
ISSN Number: 2349-5162
Publisher: IJ Publication


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