Lingaraj Temple.


 Mandira Malini Bhubaneswar.

2 Lingaraja Temple 

Address:- Rath Road, Lingaraj Nagar, Old Town, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 751002, India

INFORMATION

*  Lingaraj Temple is the top tourist attraction of the city; however, it can only be visited by Hindus.

* Entry into the temple is restricted for non-Hindus, A platform has been constructed for non- Hindus to see the temple from the outside.

* Electronic gadgets including cameras are not allowed inside the temple premises.

* Parking facility is available outside the temple premises.

* Footwear is not allowed inside the main temple.

HOW TO REACH TO TEMPLE

The distance between the Lingaraj Temple and the Biju Patnaik International Airport is approximately 4.4 km, and it takes about 10 minutes to reach the temple by auto rickshaw or taxi. From the Bhubaneswar railway station, the distance is about 4.8 km and can be easily covered in approximately 12 minutes by availing an auto rickshaw or taxi service.  And from The Baramunda Bus Stand in Bhubaneswar is officially named the Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bus Terminal (BSABT), distasnce will be  8 km.

TRANSPORTATION:- AMA BUS( GOVT BUS BY ODISHA) BOTH AC AND NON AC, AUTO RICKSHAW( YOU CAN TAKE ODISHA YATRI AAP TO BOOK AUTO) AND RAPIDO, OLA AND UBER IS ALSO AVAILABLE.

NEAR PLACES TO VISIT NEAR LINGARAJ TEMPLE

Some of the other religious places to visit after exploring the Lingaraj Temple are the famous Mukteswara Temple, Rajarani Temple, Ananta Vasudeva Temple, Brahmeswara Temple and Parasurameswara Temple and Bindu Sarovar( Bindu sagar pond)

Festival:- Festivals like Mahashivratri and Ashokastami that are celebrated with much fanfare in its premises.

HISTORY

The Lingaraja temple is the largest temple in Bhubaneswar. The central tower of the temple is 180 ft (55 m) tall. The temple represents the quintessence of the Kalinga architecture and culminating the medieval stages of the architectural tradition at Bhubaneswar. The temple is believed to be built by the kings from the  Somavamsi dynasty with later additions from the Ganga rulers. The temple is built in the Deula style that has four components namely, Vimana (structure containing the sanctum),  Jaganohan(assembly hall), natamandira (festival hall) and bhoga-mandapa (hall of offerings), each increasing in the height to its predecessor. The temple complex has 108 other shrines and is enclosed by a large compound wall.

Bhubaneswar is called the Ekamra Kshetra as the deity of Lingaraja was originally under a mango tree (Ekamra) as noted in Ekamra Purana, a 13th-century Sanskrit treatise. The temple is active in worship practices, unlike most other temples in Bhubaneswar. The temple has images of Vishnu possibly because of the rising prominence of Jagannatha sect emanating from the Ganga rulers who built the Jagannath temple in puri in the 12th century. The central deity of the temple, Lingaraja, is worshipped as Shiva.


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