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.

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