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Old Town, Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2467°, 85.8578°
A 13th-century laterite Shiva temple at Ambika Sahi in the Old Town of Bhubaneswar, originally laid out as a panchayatana precinct with subsidiary shrines, one of which holds a broken four-armed image of Kartikeya.
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.
The lingam is held to be patalaphuta, self-risen from the underworld, and the precinct is said to be the abode of the champa nagas, serpents that harm no one.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Eastern Ganga
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