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High medieval · Hindu · India

Alarnatha Temple

Brahmagiri, Puri district, Odisha · 19.7949°, 85.6502°

Vishnu as Alarnath Dev, with a shrine to MahalakshmiUndetermined
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A Vaishnava temple at Brahmagiri, some 23 km from Puri, counted among the 108 Abhimana Kshetras. It is associated with Ramanujacharya's journey through Odisha and preserves a stone slab linked to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's sankirtana.

Sthala katha — the legend

Devotees say Jagannath directed Chaitanya Mahaprabhu here during Anavasara, the fortnight when the Puri image is withdrawn from view and the lord is believed to appear instead as Alarnath.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined