An ode to the temple city of Bhubaneswar on its 70th foundation day. Bhubaneswar was kind of a research laboratory for the Kalinga School of Architecture & none exemplifies this fact better than the beautiful Brahmeswar temple. Historians believe it to be built as one of the many replica’s before the magnificent Lingaraja Temple came up.
The temple was built around 10th Century AD & is attributed to Queen Mother Kolavati Devi, the mother of the
Somavamsi King Udyotakesari.
The temple was built at a time when Kalinga Architecture was gaining rapid momentum, the lavish use of dainty figurines, dancers, musicians and the use of iron beams to hold the structure together is a first in Temple Architecture in this part of the world. It is also believed that the tradition of Devadasi (bride of the presiding deity) started with the Brahmeswara Temple, here in Odisha. The temple is therefore an important landmark in the history of Kalinga Architecture.
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