Lankeswari temple is located inside the river

Mahanadi The Mahanadi River is a major river in East Central India. It drains an area of around and has a total length of . Mahanadi is also known for the Hirakud Dam which was the first major multipurpose river valley project after India's independenc ...

Sonepur Sonepur or Sonapur may refer to: ;India * Sonapur, Alipurduar, village in West Bengal, India * Sonapur, Assam, town ** Sonapur College * Sonapur, Bhandup, urban area of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India * Sonpur, Bihar, town in Bihar, India ** Sonpur c ...

town,

Subarnapur district Subarnapur District, also called Sonepur District or Sonapur District, is an administrative district in Odisha state in eastern India. The city of Sonepur is the district headquarters. Sonepur is known as the Mandiramalini town (city of temples) ...

Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

, India. Once upon a time Sonepur region was known as Paschima Lanka. Goddess Lankeswari or Nikumbhilaa was the presiding deity of Paschima Lanka.Goddesses Manikesvari and Lankesvari
/ref> Now Maa Lankeswari is worshiped by the Kaibarta community of

and people of Subarnapur district. One can see this temple while travelling on the road connecting Ulunda, Dharmasala,

and

Birmaharajpur Birmaharajpur is a subdivision town of Subarnapur district in the state of Odisha, India. Birmaharajpur Subdivisional Headquarter is the Birmaharajpur town. It is located 22 km towards east from district headquarter Sonepur. It is a disper ...

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