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High medieval · Hindu · India
Kartikesvara Siva Temple
Old Town, Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2425°, 85.8533°
Shiva (lingam)Eastern GangaKalinga
Sacred since
1200 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
13th c. (Ganga)
Eastern Ganga
History & significance
A small thirteenth-century Shiva shrine standing about a hundred metres from the eastern gateway of the Lingaraja temple in Bhubaneswar's old town. It survives as a modest example of late Kalingan temple building, though vegetation and water seepage have left it in poor repair.