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Late medieval · Hindu · India
Bhandara Ghara Shrine
Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2291°, 85.8275°
Vishnu and Shiva (movable processional images)UndeterminedKalinga
Sacred since
1500 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
16th c.
Undetermined
History & significance
A 16th-century shrine within the Kapileswara temple precinct at Bhubaneswar, built with a pidha-order vimana. It holds the chalanti pratima, the movable images of Vishnu and Shiva carried out in procession at festival times.