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Early medieval · Hindu · India
Somesvara Siva Temple
Old Town, Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2350°, 85.8333°
ShivaUndeterminedKalinga
Sacred since
900 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
10th-11th c.
Undetermined
History & significance
A living Shiva temple within the Kharakhia Baidyanath precinct in old Bhubaneswar, dated on architectural grounds to the tenth or eleventh century. It pairs a rekha deul vimana with a pidha deul jagamohana and enshrines a lingam in a circular yonipitha, with Shivaratri, Sankranti and Mahavishuva Sankranti observed.