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Lokanatha Siva Temple

Old Town, Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2406°, 85.8347°

Shiva (Lokanatha)SomavamshiKalinga (rekha deula)
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
11th c. (Somavamshi)
Somavamshi

History & significance

An eleventh-century Shiva temple in Bhubaneswar often read as a miniature prototype of the Lingaraja, and so as a trial run for that far larger project. Buried up to its bandhana and known locally as the Amuha deula, or doorless temple, it was excavated by Debala Mitra in 1972.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Somavamshi