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High medieval · Hindu · India
Budha Deula
Old Town, Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2456°, 85.8344°
Shiva (twin lingams on a shared yonipitha)UndeterminedKalinga
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
10th-11th c.
Undetermined
History & significance
An east-facing Shiva shrine at Badu Sahi in the old town of Bhubaneswar, holding two lingams on a single circular yonipitha plus four more recovered from the Bindusagar tank. It stands between the Bindusagar, the Mohini temple and the Akhada Chandi temple, and is used for sradha and other funerary rites.