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Bindusagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2456°, 85.8372°
A late-Kalingan shrine on the Bindusagar tank in old Bhubaneswar, unusual in India for having Brahma as its presiding deity. It was built under the Gajapati rulers and is tied ritually to the Lingaraja temple nearby.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
It is said that Brahma came to Lingaraja's coronation and promised to return every year in the month of Chaitra to serve as the charioteer of Lingaraja's car.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Gajapati
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