Shiva and Vishnu, as the twin Siddhesvara and Nilamadhava shrinesSomavamshiKalinga (rekha deula)
Sacred since
950 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
late 10th c. (Somavamshi)
Somavamshi
History & significance
A pair of twin temples at Gandharadi on the Mahanadi in Boudh district, built by the Somavamshi kings in the late tenth century, one holding a shivalinga and the other a four-armed chlorite Vishnu; the pairing is read as a statement of Shaiva-Vaishnava accord and marks a formative stage of Kalinga architecture.