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Astasambhu Siva Temples

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The doorjamb is decorated with three vertical bands and measures 1.20 metres in height x 0.84 metres in width. At the base of the doorjamb there are dvarapala niches on either side measuring 0.28 metres in height x 0.12 metres in width and houses the
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on the three sides of north, west and south measuring 0.50 metres x 0.32 metres and with a depth of 0.20 metres. Except the southern niche the rest two are empty. The niches are decorated with
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holding garlands in their hands. This temple is made up of coarse grey sandstone, construction technique is dry masonry type and construction type is Kalingan.
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compound wall in west, and Bindusagar tank in south beyond the compound wall. The temple has an east facing shrine.
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mouldings, this temple was built around 10th Century A.D. This is a building made up of stones and its typology is
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measuring 3.00 metres in height is devoid of any decoration and mastaka measures 1.00 metres with components like
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pose in lower right hand. His upper hands are broken. The deity is flanked on the top by two flying
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precinct there are eight temples of identical size and dimension locally known as Astasambhu.
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K. C. Panigrahi, Archaeological Remains at Bhubaneswar, Calcutta, 1961. P. 19.
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T. E. Donaldson, Hindu Temple Art of Orissa, Vol. I, Leiden, 1985, P. 64.
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dvarapala’s holding trident. At the lalatabimba there is a
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Iconography of the Buddhist Sculpture of Orissa: Text
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holding a lotus in her left hand and right hand is in
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measuring 0.35 metres thick has three mouldings. The
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Affiliation
Hinduism
Khurda
Deity
Lord Siva
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
Astasambhu Siva Temples is located in Odisha
Geographic coordinates
20°14′37.28″N 85°50′10.04″E / 20.2436889°N 85.8361222°E / 20.2436889; 85.8361222
Kalinga Architecture
Hindu temples
Lord Siva
Bhubaneswar
Odisha
Uttaresvara Siva Temple
Lord Shiva
Deul
Uttaresvara Siva Temple
vimanam
Ganesha
Saivite
Gajalaxmi
Varada mudra
List of temples in Bhubaneswar
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Temples in Bhubaneswar

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