Mangala Temple
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Mangala temple | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Hinduism |
Deity | Maa Durga |
Location | |
Location | Bhubaneswar |
State | Orissa |
Country | India |
Geographic coordinates | 20°21′51″N 85°49′15″E / 20.364208°N 85.820960°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Kalingan style (Kalinga architecture) |
Completed | 19th century A.D. |
Mangala Temple was constructed in the 19th century CE and is located in Village Patia in Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha. The enshrined deity is the four-armed Mangala. The deity holds a conch in her upper right hand and a wheel in her lower left hand. The upper left hand of the deity assumes the varadamudra, while her lower right hand assumes the abhayamudra. The deity stands on a pedestal. The temple is located in the Harijan sahi (a residential ward restricted to Harijans) of Patia, whose residents maintain it.
Physical description[edit]
Surrounding[edit]
The temple is surrounded by a concrete hall to the east and residential buildings to the west, north and south side.
Architectural features[edit]
The temple stands on a low and square platform, measuring 2.90 square metres and bearing a height of 0.43 meters. On plan, the temple has a square vimana in the dimension. On elevation, the vimana is a pidha deula having a bada, gandi and mastic that measures 4.56 metres (15.0 ft) in height. With the three-fold division of bada, the temple has a triangabada measuring 1.61 metres (5.3 ft) in height (pabhaga- 0.41 meters, jangha - 1.00 meters, baranda-0.20 meters.) The gandi measures 1.50 metres (4.9 ft) in height. The traditional components of the mastaka, such as the beki, amalaka and kalasa, measures 1.45 meters in height.
Building techniques[edit]
It is built with laterite by Ashlar masonry, cement plaster and white wash construction techniques in the Kalingan style.