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{{Infobox religious building<br />
| name = Beleswara Shiva Temple<br />
| map_type = India Odisha<br />
| map_size = 220<br />
| map_caption = Location in Odisha<br />
| religious_affiliation = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|20|14|41|N|85|50|06|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| location = [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Odisha, India]]<br />
| elevation_m = 25<br />
| deity = [[Lord Shiva]]<br />
| festivals = <br />
| architecture_style = Kalingan Style ([[Kalinga Architecture]])<br />
| year_completed = 9th century A.D.<br />
}}<br />
'''Beleswara Shiva Temple''' is a 9th-century [[Hindu temple]] of [[Lord Shiva]]. This is one of the oldest temples in [[Bhubaneswar]] (The "Temple city" of [[India]]), a well known heritage place and capital of [[Odisha]]. The festivals of this temple's are [[Shivratri]] and all [[Sankranti]]s.<br />
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Beleswara Shiva temple is on the Talabazar road, Old Town, Bhubaneswar. It is in the southern bank of the [[Bindusagar Tank]] and on the left side of Talabazar road leading from Lingaraja to Kedar-Gouri Lane. The temple faces east, and is in use. The presiding deity is a [[Shiva linga]] within a circular yoni pitha inside the sanctum. This temple is made of a fine-grained grey sandstone, and is of type Rekha Deul.<br />
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The temple is under the care and maintenance of Devaraj Das.<br />
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The temple is surrounded by Sradha Mandapa on the east and residential buildings on the other three sides.<br />
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On [[Multiview orthographic projection#Plan|plan]] the temple has a triratha vimana measuring 2.10 square metres with a frontal porch of 0.30 metres. On [[Multiview orthographic projection#Elevation|elevation]] the vimana is a rekha deul with usual bada, gandi and mastaka. The temple is in a dilapidated condition and partially buried, with cracks on all sides with vegetation growing and entry of rainwater. What exists at present is the bada and gandi. The remaining part of the bada measure 1.30 metres. ({{lang|sa-Latn|pabhaga}} 0.23 metres, {{lang|sa-Latn|jangha}} 0.85 metres, {{lang|sa-Latn|baranda}} 0.22 metres with two mouldings). The {{lang|sa-Latn|gandi}} measures 2.30 metres.<br />
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Raha niche and parsva devatas: The raha niches on {{lang|sa-Latn|jangha}} in the three sides of north, west and south measure 0.44 metres in height x 0.26 metres in width with a depth of 0.09 metres. The niches are empty.<br />
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The door jambs are carved with three plain vertical bands that measures 1.08 metres in height and 0.88 metres in width.<br />
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A broken [[amalaka]] and stone carved with {{lang|sa-Latn|kirtimukha}} are in front of the temple.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[List of Shiva temples in India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Shiva temples in Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu temples in Bhubaneswar]]<br />
[[Category:9th-century Hindu temples]]</div>Andreasujg