Ekapada Bhairava, an aspect of Shiva, with a shivalinga in the sanctumSomavamsiKalinga (pidha deula)
Sacred since
900 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
early 10th c. origin; rebuilt early 20th c.
Somavamsi
History & significance
A shrine near the Alaka branch of the Mahanadi in Jagatsinghpur district traced by archaeological survey to the early 10th century under the Somavamsi kings; ruined by flooding and invasion, it was rebuilt in the early twentieth century around its one-footed Bhairava image.