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High medieval · Hindu · India
Madhava Temple, Niali
Madhab village, Niali, Cuttack district, Odisha · 20.1403°, 86.0608°
Vishnu as MadhavaEastern GangaKalinga, pancharatha plan with rekha deula, pidha jagamohana and flat-roofed natamandapa
Sacred since
1200 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
13th c. (Eastern Ganga)
Eastern Ganga
History & significance
A thirteenth-century Vishnu temple at Madhab village near Niali, built by the Eastern Ganga king Ananga Bhima Deva III and holding a rare Madhava image. Its plan parallels the Sakhigopal and Ananta Vasudeva temples, and it preserves an old black sandstone Garuda and carvings drawn from the Krishna Lila and the Mahabharata.