Contents: Preface, Chapter-1. Saivism: Its Beginning and Growth in India, Chapter-2. Rise of Saivism in Odisha , Chapter-3. Siva Temples of Odisha Having Arddhanarisvara as Cult Deity, Chapter-4. Arddhanarisvara: Concept and Compositeness, Chapter-5. The Arddhanarisvara Imagess from Dated Odishan Temples and their Cognate Groups (6th to 13th Century), Glossary, Bibliography, Index, List of Illustrations. The book presents an account of the Arddhanarisvara images of Odisha alongwith the temples where they are adorning the exterior walls and bring out the evolution in their iconography. The image, which is elegant looking and exquisitely beautiful, integrates artistic excellence with the prevailing religious ideas on Saivism as recorded in the Agamas and Puranas.