Svapnesvara Siva Temple
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Svapnesvara Siva temple is located in Gourinagar, Old Town, Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Orissa, officially Odisha. The city has a long history of over 2000 years starting with Chedi dynasty who had Sisupalgarh near present-day Bhubaneswar as their capital...

,the capital of Orissa
Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

, at a distance of 200.00 m northeast of Purvesvara Siva temple
Purvesvara Siva Temple
-Purvesvara Siva Temple:is located in Kancha Sahi, in Old Town of Bhubaneswar. It is 300 metres.east of Lingaraja temple on the left side of the road leading to Garej chowk. The temple is facing towards west...

. The temple is facing towards east. The Sanctum of the temple is empty that measures 2.00 square m.

Surrounding

The temple is surrounded by private residential buildings in south and west directions at a distance of 3.00 m. In the east are a road and a drain in the north.The temple is facing towards East.

Architectural features (Plan and Elevation)

The temple stands on a high pista decorated with three mouldings measuring 50.80 m in length x 5.75 m in width with 0.92 m in height. On plan, the temple is pancharatha with a square vimana and a frontal porch towards east. The vimana measures 4.65 square mtrs and porch 0.15 m width. On elevation, temple is in rekha order with usual bada, gandi and mastaka measuring 10.00 mtrs from pabhaga to mastaka. The bada of the temple measures 2.85 m in height with three fold division of trianga bada. Pabhaga has five mouldings measuring 0.70 m, plain jangha measuring 1.65 m and the baranda with five moulding measured 0.50 m in height. The gandi of the temple measuring 5.10 m is plain and devoid of ornamentation except at the base which is decorated with chaitya designs.

Raha niche & parsva devatas

The parsvadevata niches located on the raha paga of the jangha on the three sides of north, west and south direction measuring 0.75 m
in height x 0.45 m in width and 0.29 m in depth are empty and devoid of ornamantation.

Decorative features

  • Door Jambs: The doorjambs are of recent additions installed during the renovation work and are without any carving.
  • Lintel: The lintel of the temple is also a renovated one.


The building material used for the construction is light grey sand stone and the construction technique is Dry masonry.
The Style is Kalingan.Originally the temple constructed over a lofty pista with three mouldings.

State of preservation

The temple was repaired by Orissa State Archaeology under the X and XI Finance Commission Award.Due to the recent renovation work the temple is in good state of preservation.The temple is totally renovated from pista to kalasa.
Classification Grade
Architecture B
Historic C
Associational C
Social/Cultural C

Threats to the property

Some of the conservation problems the temple is facing is that stagnation of drain water in the northern side of the platform will weaken the foundation in the long run.
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