Manibhadresvara Siva temple is located in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Orissa, officially Odisha. The city has a long history of over 2000 years starting with Chedi dynasty who had Sisupalgarh near present-day Bhubaneswar as their capital...

, Orissa, India.

It was built around 14th century A.D. and is located at Latitude of 20 degree 14’ 45” N., Longitude of 85 degree 50’ 14” E.,and Elevation of 55 ft and is situated in the eastern embankment of Bindusagar tank. It is on the right side of the road branching from Kedara-Gouri to Lingaraja
temple. The enshrined deity is a Siva-lingam within a circular yoni pitha at the centre of sanctum. The temple is facing towards north.

Historic significance

Local people ascribe the temple to the Kesaris (Samavamsis), that architecture does not conform to local legend.

Surrounding

The temple is surrounded by Bindusagar tank in the west and Dalmiya Dharmasala in south-east at a distance of 20.00 mtrs across the road.

Architectural features

On plan, the temple has a pidha Vimana measuring 1.70 square mtrs and stands on a low pista with a height of 0.38 mtrs. On elevation,
the vimana has bada,gandi and mastaka measuring 2.42 mtrs in height from bottom to the top. With threefold division of the bada
the temple has a trianga bada measuring 1.26 meters height. The pabhaga,jangha and baranda measures 0.38 mtrs, 0.71 mtrs and 0.17 mtrs
in height respectively. The gandi measures 1.00 mtrs and mastaka 0.16 mtrs in height.

Building techniques

It is built with Laterite by Dry masonry Construction techniques and kalingan style.