TEMPLE CITY BHUBANESWAR

Location :- Bhubaneswar, Odisha .

How to reach :- Bhubaneswar is the capital city of odisha you can travel by airplane, train, bus or cab.

Bhubaneswar is the capital city of Odisha, India. 

It was the ancient capital of the Kalinga Empire and the architectural legacy of the period is its greatest attraction. 

There are many sites in the city that testify the importance of the region during the 7th to 11th century A.D

when the Kalinga kings ruled Odisha and the regions beyond it. The Ananta Vasudeva Temple and Vindusagar tank in the only temple of Lord Vishnu in the city of Shiva.

The temples in Bhubaneswar are thus regarded as having been built from the 8th to 12th century of saivite influence .

Evening HDR veiw of Dhauli 

Peace Pagoda, Dhauli

Linga Raj Temple Top

It is a Hindu temple dedicated to Harihara, another name for Lord Siva is the biggest of all at Bhubaneswar is located within a spacious compound wall of laterite measuring 520 feet by 465 feet.
The wall is 7 feet 6 inches thick and surmounted by a plain slant coping.
Alongside the inner face of the boundary wall there runs a terrace probably meant to protect the compound wall against outside aggression.

Mukteswar Temple 

It is a 10th-century Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Siva. The temple dates back to 970 A.D.,
is a monument of singular importance in the study of the development of Hindu temples in Odisha.
In this stylistic development the Mukteswara plays a pivotal role;
it marks the culmination of all earlier developments, and initiates a period of experiment which continues for an entire century,
 as seen in such temples as the Rajarani Temple and Lingaraj temple, both located in Bhubaneswar

Rajarani Temple
It is an 11th-century Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Siva. Originally it was known as Indreswara, 
and serves as a shrine to Shiva. It is known as 'love temple',covered with coyly erotic carvings of women and couples.
The temple is aesthetically endearing with its graceful sculptures.

Ram Mandir .
It is a temple housing beautiful images of Lord Rama, Lord Lakshman, and Goddess Sita. 
The high rising spire of the main temple visible from many parts of the capital city, is its main attraction. 

Built and managed by a private trust, the temple complex also comprises shrines devoted to ochre-painted marble idols of Lord Hanuman, Lord Shiva and other gods.

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