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Rathagada Chowk, Old Town, Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2394°, 85.8342°
A matha of the Shankaracharya sampradaya at Rathagada Chowk in old Bhubaneswar, its precinct holding pidha-order shrines in the Kalinga manner. It has a formal role in the Lingaraja temple's festival calendar.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Tradition holds that Lingaraja himself comes to this matha to take the community meal during Dola Purnima.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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