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Early medieval · Hindu · India
Astasambhu Siva Temples
Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2506°, 85.8550°
ShivaUndeterminedKalinga
Sacred since
900 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
10th c.
Undetermined
History & significance
A group of eight tenth-century Shiva shrines in Bhubaneswar's old town, five of them aligned in a row locally called the Panchu Pandava. Built as small rekha deuls of grey sandstone in dry masonry, they stand between the Godavari and Bindusagar tanks.