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High medieval · Hindu · India
Brahmeswara Temple
ବ୍ରହ୍ମେଶ୍ୱର ମନ୍ଦିର
Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2397°, 85.8518°
ShivaSomavamshiPanchatanaya Kalinga (rekha deula with jagamohana)
Sacred since
1050 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 1058–1060 CE
Somavamshi
History & significance
A Shiva temple with four subsidiary shrines, richly carved inside and out, recorded by inscription as the foundation of the Somavamshi queen Kolavati Devi in the eighteenth regnal year of Udyotakesari.