Indian History and Architecture
Navigating Indian History through its Architecture
Bakreswar Temple is situated near Bharati Matha in Bhubaneswar. This east facing temple stands on a low pitha (platform) and consisted of a deul and jagamohana. Deul is consisted of bada, gandi and mastaka. Bada is constructed in saptha-ratha pattern…
Located at the corner of Badhei Banka Chowk, Bhubaneswar, Makareswar Temple lies in close vicinity of Papanasini Tank. Like other late Ganga period temples, this temple also depicts a very simple appearance with its external facade being devoid of any…
This temple complex has two temples belonging to the late Eastern Ganga period of 14th century CE. The temples of this period lack decoration and ornamentation resulting in a rather bald appearance in comparison of their counterparts from earlier periods.…
Chitrakarini temple, like Brahmesvara temple, is a panchayatana (quincunx) temple where the main temple stands in the center facing east and a subsidiary shrine is placed at each corner. The overall complex is enclosed within a laterite wall. The central…
Sari and Suka temples are situated in the same walled compound. Earlier Sari temple was under the protection of ASI (Archaeological Survey of India) and Suka temple was with the Orissa State Archaeology Department. ASI conducted excavations around Sari temple…
Many Indian philosophy texts advocate that an individual suffers in his life as per his sins, in the present and the past life. Shweder1 writes, “Oriyas believe that, in the long run, nature punishes vice and rewards virtue.” Thus…
Mamallapuram – The Workshop of the Pallavas Sthalapuranas We find two versions of sthalapuranas, version 1 is found in the Mackenzie collection (manuscript book no. 33, CM 787, section 9) and published in the Madras Journal of Literature and Science…
This west facing temple is the most important Vaishnava temple at Bhubaneswar which otherwise mostly has Shaiva temples. The temple with its subsidiary shrines is located within a walled compound. The main temple consists of a deul, jagamohana, nata-mandapa and…
The grandeur of the Odishan architecture reached its zenith with the Meghesvara Temple which is one among the first nava-ratha plan temples in Odisha. As the architects were experimenting to move from sapta-ratha plan to nava-ratha, therefore this did not…
This is one of the most unusual and debatable temple in Bhubaneswar. The temple is situated at a site antiquity of which can be dated back to the Mauryan period. It is attested by the findings of the remains of…