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High medieval · Hindu · India
Sureswari Temple
Sonepur, Odisha · 20.8392°, 83.9130°
Sureswari (Shakti)Undetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
One of the oldest Shakta shrines of western Odisha, on the left bank of the Tel river south-west of its confluence with the Mahanadi at Sonepur. The goddess has a wide following across the western districts of the state.