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High medieval · Hindu · India
Ghanteswara Siva Temple
Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2647°, 85.8611°
Shiva (lingam on a square yonipitha)UndeterminedKalinga
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A small Shaiva shrine standing inside the Kapileswara temple precinct in Bhubaneswar, built in the Kalinga manner with a three-tiered pidha vimana on a triratha plan and rising only about 2.8 metres.