Lingaraja Temple
Fifty five metres of sandstone from the eleventh century, the fullest expression of the Kalinga style.
- Where
- Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 20.2380, 85.8340
Get the Lingaraja Temple stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Lingaraja Temple. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Odisha volume with your photos and a note.
Near Lingaraja Temple
Rajarani Temple 0.1 km
No deity inside, only the carving.
Bindusagar Lake 0.5 km
The tank beside the Lingaraja temple in old Bhubaneswar, kept by the temple itself.
Parsurameswara Temple 1.7 km
The best preserved of the early Bhubaneswar temples, seventh century, and small.
Mukteshvara Temple 1.9 km
A small tenth century temple in Bhubaneswar with a carved stone gateway, called the gem of Odishan architecture.
Odisha State Museum 2.2 km
Eleven galleries in Bhubaneswar, and a palm leaf manuscript collection nobody else can match.
Sisupalgarh 2.4 km
A fortified city older than Bhubaneswar, laid out on a grid, with eight gates still traceable.
Chausath Yogini Temple, Hirapur 4.5 km
A roofless circle of sixty four yoginis, ninth century, and only twenty five metres across.
Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves 5.7 km
Jain cells cut into two hills outside Bhubaneswar, some of them shaped out of caves that were already there.
More national monuments in Odisha
Questions
Where is Lingaraja Temple?
Lingaraja Temple is in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Rajarani Temple (0.1 km), Bindusagar Lake (0.5 km), Parsurameswara Temple (1.7 km).
How do I get the Lingaraja Temple stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Lingaraja Temple and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Odisha volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Lingaraja Temple before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Odisha volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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