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  2. Lingaraja Temple - Wikipedia

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    The Lingaraja temple is the largest temple in Bhubaneswar. The central tower of the temple is 180 ft (55 m) tall. The temple represents the quintessence of the Kalinga architecture and culminating the medieval stages of the architectural tradition at Bhubaneswar. [ 5 ]

  3. Kalinga architecture - Wikipedia

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    The Kaḷinga architectural style is a style of Hindu architecture which flourished in the ... Simplified schema of a Kalinga architecture temple The Lingaraja ...

  4. File:11th century Lingaraja temple, Bhubaneswar Odisha India.jpg

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    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.

  5. Bhubaneswar - Wikipedia

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    Temples are made in the Kalinga architectural style with a pine spire that curves up to a point over the sanctum housing the presiding deity and a pyramid-covered hall where people sit and pray. Temples include Lingaraja Temple, Muktesvara Temple, Rajarani Temple, Ananta Vasudeva Temple. [117]

  6. Shikhara - Wikipedia

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    Homogeneous Shikhara (but with rathas) of the Lingaraja Temple in Bhubaneswar. Shikharas form an element in the many styles of Hindu temple architecture, of which the three most common are Nagara, Vesara, and Dravidian: [1] The Nagara style is more prevalent in northern India, within which, the shikhara is recognized as a high curved shape.

  7. Hindu temple architecture - Wikipedia

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    Architecture of a Hindu temple (Nagara style). These core elements are evidenced in the oldest surviving 5th–6th century CE temples. Hindu temple architecture as the main form of Hindu architecture has many different styles, though the basic nature of the Hindu temple remains the same, with the essential feature an inner sanctum, the garbha griha or womb-chamber, where the primary Murti or ...

  8. List of Hindu temples in Bhubaneswar - Wikipedia

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    This is one of the oldest temples in Bhubaneswar. The temple is a Hindu monastery with three stories which was built in the 11th century It is currently used for living Matha purposes and earlier it was used as a Hindu pilgrimage centre. Bhringesvara Siva Temple: Shiva 8th Century The main temple is of late Kalingan style dating back to 15th ...

  9. Lokanatha Siva Temple - Wikipedia

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    Lokanatha Siva temple is located in front of the Lingaraja temple in the south eastern corner across the road and adjacent to Lingaraja Temple Police Station in Old Town, Bhubaneswar. Until 1972 the temple was buried from all sides up to the bandhana portion, giving an impression as if the temple had no entrance. Hence people called it Amuha deula.