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High medieval · Hindu · India

Sundaresvara Siva Temple

Sundarpada, Old Town, Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2408°, 85.8367°

Shiva as Sundaresvara, in a north-facing circular yonipithaUndeterminedKalingan (rekha deula)
Sacred since
1200 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 13th c.
Undetermined

History & significance

A rekha deula at Sundarpada in Bhubaneswar dated by its architecture to about the 13th century. Villagers raised funds to install a new Shiva lingam in April 2013 after the old one decayed, and the shrine is run by the Sri Sri Dadhivamana Sundaresvara Mahadeva Trust Board under the state Endowment Department.

Sthala katha — the traditional account

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.

Local tradition credits the temple to the Kesari (Somavamsi) dynasty and specifically to Yajati I, the builder of the Lingaraja temple.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined