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High medieval · Hindu · India
Laxmi Narayan Temple
Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2647°, 85.8611°
Lakshmi-NarayanaUndeterminedKalinga
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A small Vaishnava shrine of about 3.2 metres inside the Kapileswara temple precinct at Bhubaneswar, built with a pidha-order vimana. Its image shows Lakshmi and Narayana seated in padmasana on a lotus pedestal, with a Garuda pillar set before the entrance.