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High medieval · Hindu · India
Sankarananda Matha
Uttaradaraja Badu Sahi, Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2447°, 85.8350°
Shiva (lingam in circular yoni-pitha)UndeterminedKalinga (pidha order)
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
An Advaita monastery in Bhubaneswar affiliated to the Puri establishment, whose compound holds three pidha-order shrines raised over the burial places of its mahantas. The buildings are badly decayed, with vegetation growth and partial collapse.