{"id":85026,"date":"2020-08-21T00:18:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T18:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=17015"},"modified":"2020-08-21T00:18:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T18:48:16","slug":"odisha-to-give-facelift-to-11th-century-lingaraj-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/odisha-to-give-facelift-to-11th-century-lingaraj-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Odisha to give facelift to 11th century Lingaraj Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Odisha government has decided to give a facelift to the 11th century Lingaraj Temple, akin to its pre-350-year structural status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Lingaraj Temple: <\/strong>It is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva and is one of the oldest temples in Bhubaneswar,Odisha.<\/li><li><strong>Built by: <\/strong>It is believed to be built by the kings from the Somavamsi dynasty with later additions from the Ganga rulers.<\/li><li><strong>Architecture: <\/strong>The temple is a classic example of Kalinga style of architecture.<\/li><li><strong>Style: <\/strong>It is built in the Deula style that has four components: vimana (structure containing the sanctum), jagamohana (assembly hall), nata mandira (festival hall) and bhoga-mandapa (hall of offerings).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/Jx80S9hOXchkturvKLVqAITH4YgkL25A26eHgynp99AwgVXS0G7XeTzp4shtn1MV1s0iEv4mohcmEtdxhwK-y6MekGpQOMXKJCbLqhRdKkb1M4ESBJX8VHrJMDnb9RG0jGy49KgP\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Ka\u1e37inga architectural style: <\/strong>It<strong> <\/strong>is a style of Hindu architecture which flourished in the ancient Kalinga or present Odisha.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Styles: <\/strong>The style consists of three distinct types of temples: Rekha Deula, Pidha Deula and Khakhara Deula.&nbsp;<ul><li>The former two are associated with Vishnu, Surya and Shiva temples while the third is mainly with Chamunda and Durga temples.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The Rekha Deula and Khakhara Deula houses the sanctum sanctorum while the Pidha Deula constitutes outer dancing and offering halls.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Odisha government has decided to give a facelift to the 11th century Lingaraj Temple, akin to its pre-350-year structural status. Facts: Lingaraj Temple: It is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva and is one of the oldest temples in Bhubaneswar,Odisha. Built by: It is believed to be built by the kings from the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/odisha-to-give-facelift-to-11th-century-lingaraj-temple\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Odisha to give facelift to 11th century Lingaraj Temple<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[956],"tags":[2154],"class_list":["post-85026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schemes-and-programs","tag-lingaraj-temple","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700423719},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85026\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}