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High medieval · Hindu · India
Aisanyesvara Siva Temple
Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2333°, 85.8167°
Shiva (lingam in a circular yonipitha)Eastern GangaKalinga
Sacred since
1200 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
13th c. (Ganga)
Eastern Ganga
History & significance
A 13th-century grey sandstone shrine on a saptaratha plan in the Old Town of Bhubaneswar, close to the western wall of the Lingaraja temple. It remains in worship, and the processional image of Lingaraja is brought here on the sixth day after Shivaratri.