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High medieval · Hindu · India

Brahmeswara Temple

Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.2397°, 85.8518°

ShivaSomavamshiPanchatanaya Kalinga (rekha deula with jagamohana)
Sacred since
1050 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
c. 1058–1060 CE
Somavamshi

History & significance

A Shiva temple with four subsidiary shrines, richly carved inside and out, recorded by inscription as the foundation of the Somavamshi queen Kolavati Devi in the eighteenth regnal year of Udyotakesari.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Somavamshi