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Early medieval · Hindu · India
Nilkantheswar Shiva Temple
Bindusagar, Old Town, Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2424°, 85.8338°
Shiva (chlorite lingam)Somavamshi (Kesari)Kalinga
Sacred since
900 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
10th c. (Somavamshi)
Somavamshi (Kesari)
History & significance
A tenth-century Shiva temple on the western embankment of the Bindusagar tank in Bhubaneswar, locally attributed to the Kesari or Somavamshi rulers. Its niches carry parsva devata images of Ganesha, Kartikeya and Parvati, and it remains in worship at Sankranti and Shivaratri.