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High medieval · Hindu · India
Lankeswari Temple
Sonepur, Subarnapur, Odisha · 20.8493°, 83.9143°
Lankeswari (also called Nikumbhilaa)Undetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shakta shrine standing within the bed of the Mahanadi at Sonepur, whose goddess was the presiding deity of the region once known as Paschima Lanka. It is maintained in worship by the Kaibarta community of Sonepur and the wider Subarnapur district.