Bhubaneswar Ekamreswar Temple, Odisha

Address

Bhubaneswar Ekamreswar Temple, Basisthanagar, Old Town, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751002

Diety

Ekamreswar

Introduction

Bhubaneswar Ekamreswar Temple Situated 50m south-east of the main entrance to Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar old city. This 12th century Shiva temple built in a Pancha Ratha style was once seriously encroached upon by the surrounding buildings, itself buried by a 2m rise in the ground level, and was often used as an area to dispose garbage by locals. It was a sad story of neglect, to the Ekamra Ksetra Redevelopment Plan, this has now all changed. But the temple scluptures are ruins. The buried temple was dug out, revealing a number of new carvings, a side shrine (parswa deula) and drainage channel (paduka kunda). Clearly work has not completed with this temple. The surrounding new paving rapidly deteriorates towards the drop on ground level, and there is still a significant amount of rubble and carved masonry lying strewn around the base of the temple. Getting access to the temple involves a bit of a precarious climb down, one hopes that soon this whole area will be made good and sound.