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High medieval · Hindu · India
Nagesvara Temple, Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2464°, 85.8567°
Shiva, as a lingam in the garbhagrihaUndeterminedKalinga
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Shiva temple on the western bank of the Lingaraja west canal in Bhubaneswar, built of ochreous sandstone carved in the Kalinga manner. Local tradition credits it to the Kesari rulers; it remains in worship and in generally sound condition apart from surface decay.