Liṅgarāja of Bhubaneshwar
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Liṅgarāja of Bhubaneshwar

Status · Anusandhāna
Source · Uncited
Tradition · Hindu
Period · Eternal
  • Place: Bhubaneshwar, Khordha, Odisha (20.2381°N, 85.8336°E) Liṅgarāja Temple (11th c., Kesari dynasty) is the largest and most important Shaiva shrine of Odisha, and of the 3 principal liṅgas in India (with Kāśi Viśvanātha and Somnātha). The 55-m curvilinear śikhara is the tallest of any Odisha temple. The liṅga is a svayam-bhū natural rock-form, draped in water from the Bindu-sāgar tank (believed to contain water from every sacred river in India). The shrine complex houses ~150 subsid

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