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Early medieval · Hindu · India
Simhanath Temple
Baramba, Cuttack, Odisha · 20.3709°, 85.3785°
ShivaUndeterminedKalinga
Sacred since
800 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
early 9th c.
Undetermined
History & significance
An early ninth-century Shiva temple at Gopinathpur in Baramba, important as an early example of the pancharatha deula with a rekha sanctuary and terraced jagamohana. Unusually it carries both Shaiva and Vaishnava sculpture and follows a panchayatana layout with subsidiary shrines to Vishnu, Ganesha, Surya and Mahishamardini.