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The temple has images of Vishnu, possibly because of the rising prominence of Jagannath sect emanating from the Ganga rulers who built the Jagannath Temple in Puri in the 12th century. The central deity of the temple, Lingaraja, is worshipped as Shiva. Lingaraja temple is maintained by the Temple Trust Board and the Archaeological Survey of ...
The temple is built in the 18th regnal year of the Somavansi king Udyotakesari by his mother Kolavati Devi. This corresponds to 1058. Byamokesvara Temple: Shiva 11th Century It is located in front of the Lingaraj Temple across the road in the left side of the eastern gateway at a distance of 10.00 m. The temple faces towards the west.
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.
Simplified schema of a Kalinga architecture temple The Lingaraja Temple, a revered pilgrimage center and the culminating result of the architectural tradition at Bhubaneswar, sixth century AD. The Jagannath Temple , one of the four holiest places (Dhamas) of Hinduism, [ 1 ] in the coastal town of Puri in Odisha .
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.
Multiple temples, including the Mukteshvara Temple, Lingaraj Temple, and the Rajarani Temple, are dated to the Somavamshi period. [18] However, Brahmeswara Temple is the only shrine that bears an inscription explicitly attributing its construction to the Somavamshis.
Legend goes as when Rama was returning from Lanka after victory over Ravana, Goddess Sita asked to worship Shiva here. So Ramachandra built a Linga for that purpose. [citation needed] Traditionally during Ashokashtami, which falls one day before to Rama Navami in Chaitra Lord Lingaraja comes to this temple by a large chariot called Rukuna Rath and stays for four days.
In form, the temple resembles the Lingaraj temple, but includes Vaishnavite (Vishnu related) sculptures. [4] The temple has longitudinal bands of miniature shikharas (shrines), exactly like those in Lingaraj temple, with the minor difference that the number of the shikharas forming one longitudinal band in its case is only three. [5]