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High medieval · Hindu · India
Chintamanisvara Siva Temple
Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2500°, 85.8389°
Shiva, as a lingam with a yonipithaUndeterminedKalinga (rekha deula)
Sacred since
1300 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
14th c.
Undetermined
History & significance
A 14th-century rekha-deula Shiva temple at the end of Chintamaniswar road off the Cuttack–Puri road in Bhubaneswar. Local tradition ascribes it to the Kesari (Somavamsi) kings.