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Durga Temple, Baideshwar
The Durga Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Durga and located in Baideshwar village (near Kalapathara chowk) on the way to Banki, Odisha, Banki of Cuttack District in Odisha, India. Architecture The temple has a Khakhara Deula, Khakhara vimana (tower), vimana of early Kalinga Architecture, Kalingan order during Bhauma-Kara dynasty, Bhaumakara rule. The survey has assigned the temple to 8th century AD. It is a living temple, enshrining an image of eight-armed Mahishamardini Durga. Mahisasuramardini Durga, Parvati, Ekapada, Aja-ekapada Bhairava and Ganesh images are found. Similar construction are found in Vaital Deula, and Varahi Deula, Chaurasi. The temple is built with Ochre colour sandstone is used for the temple and laterite for the compound wall. References External linksdurga temple in Khakhara Deula [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
