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Lingaraja temple has a square plan; section from the top vimana (sanctum), jagamohana (assembly hall), natamandira (festival hall) and bhoga-mandapa (hall of offerings) The Maa Parvati temple. The Lingaraja temple is the largest temple in Bhubaneswar. James Fergusson (1808–86), a noted critic and historian rated the temple as "one of the ...
The temple is 1.60 metres below the present road level. Mukteswar Temple: Shiva 970 It is a 10th-century Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Siva. The temple dates back to 970, is a monument of singular importance in the study of the development of Hindu temples in Odisha.
The Kaḷinga architectural style is a style of Hindu architecture which flourished in the ancient Kalinga previously known as Utkal and in present eastern Indian state of Odisha. The style consists of three distinct types of temples: Rekha Deula, Pidha Deula and Khakhara Deula.
A Nata mandira (or Nata mandapa) is the dance hall of a Hindu temple. It is one of the buildings of the temple, especially in the Kalinga architecture. The name comes from the sanskrit Nata (=dance) and Mandira (=temple). The most known nata mandiras are the Temple of Surya at Konark and the Lingaraja temple [1] in Bhubaneswar.
After independence of India, the foundation of the new capital was laid on 13 April 1948. [9] The name of the new capital came from "Tribhubaneswara" or "Bhubaneswara" (literally "Lord of the Earth"), a name of Shiva, the deity of the Lingaraja temple. [13] The Legislative Assembly of Odisha was shifted from Cuttack to Bhubaneswar in 1969. [9]
According to the prevalent legend, the king of Chudangagada was a devout worshipper of Lord Lingaraja. He used to visit Lingaraja every day. Since it was not possible to commute to Lingaraja during the rainy seasons the lord advised him in a dream to construct a temple in the centre of a neighboring lotus pond where the lord himself dwells as a Jalasayi.
Lingaraja Rest House is situated on the western embankment of Bindu Sagar in Gyananagara (Hadi sahi), Old Town Bhubaneswar. One can approach the temple on the left side of the road leadingfrom Kedara-Gouri Chowk to Vaital temple. It is a pidha deul and is facing towards the south.
This is the floor plan of the Lingaraja Mandir in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. With roots likely around 7th-century, the current structure and above plan reflects the temple completed in the 11th-century. This is a Shiva temple. The temple's architectural plan follows the square and circle principle found in historic Sanskrit texts.