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{{Infobox Hindu temple
|name = Brahmani temple<br/>ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣୀ ମନ୍ଦିର
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|country = [[India]]
|state = [[Orissa, India|Orissa]]
|district = [[Baleswar district|Baleswar]]
|locale = [[Avana, Baleswar|Avana]]
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|deity = [[Avaloketesvara]], [[Chamunda]]
|festivals = [[Durga Puja]]
|architecture = Orissan Pidha vimana temple architecture
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|year_completed = 10th–11th centuries
|creator = [[Somavaṃśī dynasty|Somavamsi]] rule
|temple_board = Laxmi Narayan Puja Committee
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'''Brahmani temple''' ({{Lang-or|ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣୀ ମନ୍ଦିର}}) is a [[Hindu]] and [[Buddhist]] temple located in [[Avana, Baleswar|Avana]], [[Baleswar district|Baleswar]], [[Odisha, India]] built in the 10th–11th centuries A.D. It is a living temple and the presiding deity is an eight-armed three-faced [[Chamunda]] image. It is a protected monument of Odisha State Archaeology.

==Location==
It is on the left bank of the river Son and is about 6 km north of [[Ajodhya, Baleswar|Ajodhya]]. It is 21 km from the [[Baleshwar, Orissa|Baleshwar]] town, [[Orissa, India|Orissa]].

==Construction==
It is a pidha temple followed by a flat roofed open mandapa. The presiding deity of the temple is an eight-armed [[Chamunda]] image and iconographically it can be dated to the 10th–11th centuries A.D. The temple is a modern one but it houses a few important specimen of Buddhist and Saviate sculptures, datable to the same centuries.

===Quantification===
*Area dimension (L x B x H): 4.20 m x 4.00 m x 6.50 m
*Number of blocks: Two, vimana followed by a mandapa

===Spatial organization===
*Orientation: Facing towards west
*Plan: The vimana is square; mandapa is rectangular
*Allocation of spaces: 10 m x 4.50 m in length and width respectively

===Architectural style===
====Ornamentation====
*Exteriors: Plain
*Interiors: Plain
*Movable collections: Four-armed [[Avaloketesvara]], eight-armed and three-faced [[Chamunda]].
*It is a recently built shrine with pancharatha on plan and panchanga bada in elevation.

==== Construction technology ====
*Structural System: It has a pidha vimana fronted by a flat [[Jaga mohan]]. The [[vimana]] is [[pancharatha]] on plan and panchaga bada in elevation.
*Building techniques: Ashlar masonry
*Material of construction: Laterite used for the temple; the images are made of chlorite stone.
Vermilion and oil is regularly applied over the images by the priest, which may be harmful for the stone carvings in long run.

==Footnotes==
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==References==
*Sahoo. Ashis Ranjan, Pradhan. Dr. S. ''[http://ignca.nic.in/asi_reports/orbalasore006.pdf Report on Bramhani Temple]''. [http://www.ignca.gov.in Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts]
*R. P. Mohapatra, 1986, ''Archaeology in Orissa'', Vol. II, New Delhi

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101222052456/http://ignca.nic.in/asp/all.asp?projectid=orbls0060001 Images of Brahmani temple]

{{Hindu temples in Orissa}}

[[Category:Hindu temples in Balasore district]]

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