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A Kushan-period Skanda Nativity Panel

December 29, 2020 Saurabh Saxena Leave a comment

Indian Sculptures Series – Puzzling and Remarkable  No 2 – A Kushan-period Skanda Nativity Panel The cult of Skanda is…

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A Unique Terracotta Plaque from Ahichchhatra

December 25, 2020 Saurabh Saxena Leave a comment

Indian Sculptures Series – The Puzzling & Remarkable  No 1 – A Terracotta Plaque from Ahichchhatra Ahichchhatra (or Ahicchatra) is…

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Kudumiyamalai – Inscriptions

October 14, 2020 Saurabh Saxena Leave a comment

Musical Inscription – As this is a long inscription, therefore its text is provided separate from other inscriptions. सिद्धं I…

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Lalitagiri – The Fountainhead of Buddhism in Odisha

August 9, 2020 Saurabh Saxena Leave a comment

Lalitagiri hills, also known as Naltigiri, is located in the Cuttack district of Odisha. Lalitagiri, with Udayagiri and Ratnagiri, constitutes…

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Udayagiri – The Sunrise Hill

July 18, 2020 Saurabh Saxena Leave a comment

Udayagiri, with Lalitagiri and Ratnagiri, constitutes the famous Diamond Triangle of the Buddhist Heritage Sites in Odisha. The hill emerging…

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Ratnagiri – Preserving the Buddhist Heritage

July 8, 2020 Saurabh Saxena Leave a comment

Association of Odisha with Buddhism goes long way back, to the early days of Buddha, as evident by the Buddhist…

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Sirpur – Buddhist & Jain Monuments

May 6, 2020 Saurabh Saxena Leave a comment

Traditions, as told by Xuanzang1, associate Buddha with Sirpur mentioning that he visited here, called an assembly and exhibited his…

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Sirpur – Shiva Temples

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Sirpur has more than twenty temples dedicated to Shiva, all in different state of preservation. The main temple of the…

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Varahi Temple – Chaurasi

April 15, 2020 Saurabh Saxena Leave a comment

Varahi is the female counterpart of Varaha, the boar incarnation of Vishnu. She is one among the Sapta-matrikas group, the…

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Pancha-Pandava Temple – Ganeswarpur

April 3, 2020 Saurabh Saxena Leave a comment

The village of Ganeswarpur is situated in the district of Cuttack, around 30 KM from the Cuttack city and 5…

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