The sculptures are tall and slender figures in vivacious poses carved in high relief depicting mother and child, female figure looking into a mirror, attending to her toilet, taking off her anklet playing on musical instruments. Some of these sculptures are mast pieces of Orissan sculptural art with their fascinating facial expression and graceful fluid movements. The name ‘Rajarani’ seems to have been dune to the use of particular type of sand stone in the construction of the structure bearing the same name The crowning achievement of the architect is the designing of the graceful contour of its towering gandi, its soaring height and grandeur. The plastic art on the structure is so well planned that it reveals an equally effective use of space and proportion and contain some finest carvings including cult deities, secular sculptures, animal motifs, nayika and mithurta figures, which only adds to the majesty of the edifice. With all features of Kalinga architecture fully evolved, it is the culmination of the architectural development in every respect and became a standard for later temples of Orissa. The larger-than-life-size figures of parsvadevatas on the side niches are a rare combination of finest carvings with consummate artistic skill and imposing sculptures of the parivara deities of Siva. Although known at present as Lingaraja, one of the ancient names of the deity. Tribhunanesvara, is the precursor of the present name of the city Bhubaneswar