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High medieval · Hindu · India
Manibhadresvara Siva Temple – I
Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2408°, 85.8367°
Shiva, as a lingam in a circular yoni pithaUndeterminedKalinga
Sacred since
1300 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 14th c.
Undetermined
History & significance
One of a pair of small Kalingan Shiva shrines of this name in Bhubaneswar, dated on architectural grounds to about the 14th century. Local tradition credits the Somavamsi (Kesari) rulers, an attribution the building's own features do not support.