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Early medieval · Hindu · India

Baitala Deula

Bhubaneswar, Khurda district, Odisha · 20.2424°, 85.8323°

Chamunda, known locally as KapaliniUndeterminedKhakara (Kalinga)
Sacred since
700 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
8th c.
Undetermined

History & significance

An 8th-century shrine in Bhubaneswar built to the barrel-roofed khakara plan, a form reserved in Kalinga for goddess temples. Its tantric Chamunda sanctum and dense iconographic programme make it one of the most studied early temples of Odisha.

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Sources

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