BUDDHANATH TEMPLE

BUDDHANATH 

In Garedi Panchan village  a beautiful temple is there called BUDDHANATH. It is located near about 10kms from Uttara square on the Uttara-Balipatna route and approx. 22 km. from Bhubaneswar.

 

Odisha tourism Signage Board

 This temple was built by King Chod Ganga Dev of Ganga dynasty. Although this temple is said to be a shiva temple but the name itself is a mystery and more research will tell us why the name is BUDDHANATH. The presiding deity inside Budhanath is not a Shiva Linga, but a yoni, or female origin of the ‘Shakti’. The absence of the linga in the centre of the temple is also a mystery,

 It is a two chambered temple with Rekha Deula and a Pidha Jagamohan. It has a Saptaratha Plan.

                                 It is said that this temple is based on some Tantric Principles.

While entering you will have great view of this temple.

                                              The original height of the Shikhara was 70 feet.

Side View of the  Mandap 

Pata Jali Window and Sarpkanyas 

Elephant Carvings on the temple which we find in almost all the temples having the Great Kalingan Architecture. Elephants played an unique role at that time mainly for the movement of such big and huge stones.

                                  Images on the walls are as beautiful as any other temples.

                                                             Images on the walls

                                                                Parshvadevta

                                                                       Parshvadevta
                                                                     

Erotic images on the wall.

Images on the wall

Temple of MaaAmrutalochani devi is said to be much older then the Buddhanath temple. The deity in this temple is said to have SIX EYES.

 Outer wall of Amrutalochani Devi temple.

                                              Deity at the wall of Amrutalochani Devi temple

                                          Deity at the wall of Amrutalochani Devi temple

 Deity at the wall of Amrutalochani Devi temple

Outerwall of Main Temple

Lots of Images are present in the compound of the temple which are very beautiful. but it is too premature, in my opinion, to name these. 

Images in the compound

                                                              Image in the wall

                                                Maybe, its a picture of a chinese traveller.

Image in the wall

 Image in the wall

Buddhanath temple is really a masterpiece of our Kalingan Era.