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Odisha Style: Some Other Temples Around Old Town Bhubaneswar

Posted on October 11, 2019 by varunshiv

Photos of a few of the other temples around Old Town Bhubneswar.

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Odisha Style, Bhubaneswar: “Subarnajaleshwar” and “Sureshwar” Temples

Posted on October 10, 2019 by varunshiv

These two small temples are located east of the Bindu Sagar tank, along a water channel that runs around the north and east of Bindu Sagar. A road that winds from the Mukteshwar temple group towards Bindu Sagar, along which also lie the Swarnajaleshwar and Kotitirtheshwar temples, passes close to these temples.

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Odisha Style, Bhubaneswar: Sari Temple

Posted on October 9, 2019 by varunshiv

Sari is another among the many 13-th c Eastern Ganga-era temples built around Old Town Bhubaneswar, between and around the Lingaraja compound and Bindu Sagar tank

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Odisha Style, Bhubaneswar: Yameshwar Temple

Posted on October 8, 2019 by varunshiv

This temple complex lies further west of Papanasini and Makreshwar. Yameshwar is another example of the 13th c profusion in temple construction. A small shrine in the complex, possibly from the 7th c, is an indication that many of the existing temples in Bhubaneswar were built on the sites of earlier temples.

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Odisha Style, Bhubaneswar: Makareshwar Temple

Posted on October 7, 2019 by varunshiv

Across the road from (and to the west of) the Papanasini complex lies Makareshwar temple, also from around the 13th c.

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Odisha Style, Bhubaneswar: Chitrakarini Temple

Posted on October 5, 2019 by varunshiv

This late-13th c temple is located adjacent to the north wall of the Lingaraja temple complex, and is set within its own small walled-off area, surrounded by four corner shrines.

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Odisha Style, Bhubaneswar: Ananta Vasudeva Temple

Posted on October 4, 2019 by varunshiv

The late-13th c Ananta Vasudeva Temple is a smaller version of Lingaraja, and is the only Vaishnavite temple among the historic Bhubaneswar temples. Situated on the east bank of Bindu Sagar tank, this temple complex has the complete retinue of Odia temple structures in a line:

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Odisha Style, Bhubaneswar: Rameshwar Temple

Posted on October 3, 2019 by varunshiv

This 13th c temple is located across the road from the much earlier Shatrughaneshwar group of temples (7th c). The mandap is detached from the sanctuary structure

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Odisha Style, Bhubaneswar: Megheshwar Temple

Posted on October 2, 2019 by varunshiv

Photos of the late-12th c Megheshwar Temple.

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Odisha Style, Bhubaneswar: Bhaskareshwar Temple

Posted on October 1, 2019 by varunshiv

This 12th c temple is different in design to the other Bhubaneswar temples, and the reason for that rests with the object of prayer inside the temple, which is a 3 meter high ‘lingam’.

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