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.