VishnuUndeterminedBrick temple on a stone jagati with carved stone sanctum doorway
Sacred since
595 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 595–605 CE
Undetermined
History & significance
The earliest dated monument at Sirpur, a brick Vishnu temple of about 600 CE whose stone doorway carries Anantasayana Vishnu, the ten avatars and scenes of daily life, and which set a pattern for later building in the Mahanadi valley.