Early medieval · Hindu · India

Simhanath Temple

Baramba, Cuttack, Odisha · 20.3709°, 85.3785°

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Sacred since

800 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

early 9th c.

Undetermined

History & significance

An early ninth-century Shiva temple at Gopinathpur in Baramba, important as an early example of the pancharatha deula with a rekha sanctuary and terraced jagamohana. Unusually it carries both Shaiva and Vaishnava sculpture and follows a panchayatana layout with subsidiary shrines to Vishnu, Ganesha, Surya and Mahishamardini.

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