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{{Infobox Mandir
| name = Bhrukuteswar Shiva Temple
| map_type = India Odisha
| map_caption = Location in Odisha
| coordinates = {{coord|20|14|18|N|85|50|01|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| country = [[India]]
| state = [[Odisha]]
| location = [[Bhubaneshwar]]
| deity = [[Shiva]]<br />[[Bhuvaneshvari]](consort)
| festivals=
| architecture = Kalingan Pancharatha Style<br />([[Kalinga Architecture]])
| temple_quantity =
| monument_quantity=
| inscriptions =
| year_completed = 13th century C.E.
| creator = Jajati Keshari
}}

'''Bhrukuteswar Shiva Temple''' is situated in Yamesvara Patna, Old Town, [[Bhubaneswar]] in [[Odisha, India]]. It is a single structure pidha deul without any frontal porch. According to the local people this temple was built by the [[Kesari dynasty|Kesaris]] (Somavamsis).

== Location ==
'''i) Address & ii) Approach:''' Bhrukutesvar Shiva Temple is situated in Yamesvara Patna, Old Town, Bhubaneswar. It is located in the right side of Badheibank Chowk on the road leading form [[Lingaraja temple]] to Yamesvara Temple. The temple is at a distance of {{convert|40|m}} west of Talesvara temple across the compound wall, {{convert|30|m}} north-west of Yamesvara temple and {{convert|30|m}} east of Bakresvara temple. The temple is facing towards north. It is a single structure pidha deul without any frontal porch. The enshrined deity is a [[Shiva linga]] in with a circular yonipitha.

== Ownership ==
i) Single/ Multiple Multiple
ii) Public/ Private: Public
iii) Any other (specify) Since it is a living temple. The local people look after the
monument.

== Age ==
i) Precise date: Late 13th Century.
ii) Approximate date: Ganga period

== Property Type ==
i) Precinct/ Building/ Structure/Landscape/Site/Tank: Structure
ii) Subtype: Temple
iii) Typology: Pidha deul

== Physical description ==
i) Surrounding : Compound wall in south, east and west and an ancient well
in north.

ii) Orientation: The temple is facing towards north.

iii) Architectural features (Plan and Elevation): On plan, the temple has a square vimana.
On elevation, the vimana is a pidha deul measuring 5.03 m in height. With threefold
division of bada the temple measures 2.03 m in height. The gandi has three receding tiers
that measures 3.00 m in height and the mastaka has collapsed.

iv) Raha niche & parsva devatas: —
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v) Decorative features: —
Doorjambs: The doorjambs measuring 1.70 m in height and 0.70 m in width are plain.
Lintel: —

vi) Building material: Laterite.

vii) Construction techniques: Dry masonry

viii) Style: Kalingan

==See also==
* [[List of temples in Bhubaneswar]]

==Notes==
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== References ==
1. Lesser Known Monuments of Bhubaneswar by Dr. Sadasiba Pradhan

2. Debala Mitra, Bhubaneswar, New Delhi, 1958, P. 60.

3. L. S.S. O’ Malley, Bengal District Gazetter Puri, Calcutta 1908, P. 243.

4. M.M. Ganguly, Orissa and Her Remains, Calcutta, 1912, P. 269.

5. N. K. Sahu (Ed), A History of Orissa, Vol. II, Delhi, 1980, P. 270.

6. R. P. Mohapatra, Archaeology in Orissa, Vol.I, Delhi, 1986, P. 82.

7. R. L. Mitra. The Antiquities of Orissa, Vol. II, Calcutta, 1963, P. 118-121.

{{Temples in Bhubaneswar}}

[[Category:13th-century Hindu temples]]
[[Category:Shiva temples in Odisha]]
[[Category:Hindu temples in Bhubaneswar]]

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