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{{Infobox Hindu temple<br />
| name = Nilakantheswar temple<br />
| image = File:Nilakantheswar temple.jpg<br />
| map_type = India Orissa<br />
| map_caption = Location in Odisha<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|19|14|34|N|83|49|05|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| state = [[Odisha]]<br />
| district = <br />
| location = [[Padmapur, Rayagada|Padmapur]]<br />
| deity = Lord [[Shiva]] <br />
| festivals= <br />
| architecture = <br />
| temple_quantity = <br />
| monument_quantity= <br />
| inscriptions = Bramhi<br />
| year_completed = 07th century A.D.<br />
}}<br />
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'''Nilakantheswar Temple at [[Padmapur, Rayagada|Padmapur]]''', standing on the Jagamanda hills makes the village well known for the [[Buddhist]] temple. The temple is built on only seven rocks. There are also three other shiva temples, i.e. Pudukeswar, Dhabaleswar, and Mallikeswar, on the hillock. This 7th century old buddhist temple makes [[Padmapur, Rayagada|Padmapur]] a tourist center of [[Rayagada district]].<ref name="Orissa Review">{{cite book|last=Patra|first=Dasarathy|title=Tribal Tourism and Culture|publisher=Orissareview-November,2011|pages=63–68|url=http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2011/Nov/engpdf/63-68.pdf|access-date=24 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624071037/http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2011/Nov/engpdf/63-68.pdf|archive-date=24 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://orissa-tourism.com/portal/TemplesMonuments/BuddhistMonuments.aspx "Identified as a tourist center of Rayagada district in '''Orissa Tourism''' Portal"]</ref> The temple is very often referred as shrine of Manikeswar Siva.<ref>[[Rayagada#Tourist attractions|"Tourist attractions of Rayagada district"]]</ref> Recently a small cemented front hall has been added to the original structure.<br />
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==History==<br />
The temple dates back to the 7th century. [[Padma Shri]] Dr. [[Satyanarayana Rajguru]], an eminent historian and [[epigraphist]],<ref>[http://gajapati.nic.in/sonsofsoil/eminent%5Cemiperson.htm "Padmashree Dr. Satyanarayana Rajguru-An eminent personality"]</ref> relying on a buddhist [[inscription]] found on one of the rocks of the temple, identifies that the temple once housed the buddhist logician-philosopher, [[Dharmakirti]].<ref>[http://www.buddhist-tourism.com/countries/india/destinations/orissa.html "Buddhism in Odisha"]</ref> It is the only [[Buddhist monastery]] in Rayagada district of the [[India]]n state of [[Odisha]].<ref>[http://indiaexplored.org/orissa/orissa_temples_buddhist.htm "Buddhist temples in Rayagada district"]</ref> The festival of [[Maha Sivaratri]] is celebrated here. Visitors and devotees visit this place, the special day being Tuesday.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://rayagada.nic.in/tourism.htm "Rayagada tourism"]<br />
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{{Shiva temples in Odisha}}<br />
{{Hindu temples in Odisha|rayagada}}<br />
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[[Category:Shiva temples in Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu temples in Rayagada district]]<br />
[[Category:7th-century Hindu temples]]<br />
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