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High medieval · Hindu · India
Ananta Vasudeva Temple
ଅନନ୍ତ ବାସୁଦେବ ମନ୍ଦିର
Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2406°, 85.8357°
Krishna, with Balarama and SubhadraEastern GangaKalinga, of the Lingaraja type
Sacred since
1200 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
13th c. (Eastern Ganga)
Eastern Ganga
History & significance
The principal Vaishnava temple of old Bhubaneswar, founded in the 13th century by the Eastern Ganga princess Chandrika Devi and unusual in worshipping Krishna, Balarama and Subhadra as complete stone images.