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This article lists monuments and sites of historic importance in [[Odisha]], India.

==Prehistoric==
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|[[Gudahandi]]
| c. 20000 BCE
|
| [[Kalahandi district]]
| Rock paintings from [[Upper Paleolithic]].
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| [[Vikramkhol]]
| c. 3000 BCE
|
| [[Jharsuguda]]
| Prehistoric human [[rock shelter]] with inscriptions.
| <ref name=vikramkhol>{{cite news|title=Ancient rock art starts to fade out: Engravings in Vikramkhol cave under threat|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111228/jsp/odisha/story_14932470.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104163603/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1111228/jsp/odisha/story_14932470.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2014|access-date=10 June 2014|work=[[The Telegraph (India)]]|date=27 December 2011}}</ref>
|}

==Ancient==

Singhapura (In Jajpur Dist): Some historians said that it was the capital of Singha Bahu, a Kalinga King who was contemporary of Lord Buddh and Bimbisar of Rajgrih. His exiled son Prince Vijaya established Sinhalese dynasty in Sri Lanka.

{| class="wikitable sortable" width=100%
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| [[Dhauli]]
| 262 BCE
| [[File:Dhauli-Giri-Lion-King-Bhubaneswar-Orissa.jpg|200px|Dhauli hillock]]
| [[Dhauli]], [[Bhubaneswar]]
| Site of the [[Kalinga War]]
| <ref name="Kapoor2002">{{cite book|author=Subodh Kapoor|title=Indian Encyclopaedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k2So6CEC6ZEC&pg=PA1137|access-date=8 August 2014|year=2002|publisher=Cosmo Publications|isbn=978-81-7755-257-7|page=1137}}</ref>
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| [[Sisupalgarh]]
| c. 300 CE
| [[File:Sisupalagada Bhubaneswar.jpg|200px|Sisupalagada, Bhubaneswar]]
| [[Bhubaneswar]] <br> {{coord|20|13|35.9|N|85|51|11.0|E}}
| Ancient fort
| <ref name=sisupalgarh>{{cite book|author=Paul Yule|title=Early Historic Sites in Orissa (Delhi 2006) 19-22}}</ref>
|-
| [[Asurgarh]]
| c. 9th century BCE
|
| [[Kalahandi]]
| [[Asurgarh]] is an archaeological site in the Kalahandi district of Odisha, India. Asurgarh is one of the sites which has its beginning in around 8th-9th century BC and emerged as one of the early urban fortified settlements in the region and it is older than Sisupalgarh. Archaeologists have unearthed artefacts believed to be 2,300-year-old while carrying out excavation at the Asurgarh Fort in Odisha’s Kalahandi district. [[DB Gadanayak]], [[Archaeological Survey of India]], says Asurgarh is one of the sites which has its beginning in around 8th-9th century BC and emerged as one of the early urban fortified settlements in the region by the efforts of tribal and non-tribal inhabitants of the region.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-04-11 |title=‘Asurgarh fort settlement belongs to Iron Age, older than Sisupalgarh’ |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2022/apr/11/asurgarh-fort-settlement-belongs-to-iron-age-older-than-sisupalgarh-2440634.html |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> [[Lokesh Durga]], Department of History of [[Delhi University]], says Asurgarh settlement is older than Sisupalgarh and the first Urbanization process in Odisha started from Asurgarh.<ref name=":0" /><ref> {{Cite news |last=Barik |first=Satyasundar |date=2022-04-24 |title=Carbon dating finds Asurgarh is Odisha’s oldest fortified settlement |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/carbon-dating-finds-asurgarh-is-odishas-oldest-fortified-settlement/article65351205.ece |access-date=2024-09-11 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref> {{Cite web |title=Odisha Current Affairs 2024 : Download Free PDF & Practice Quiz |url=https://testbook.com/current-affairs/odisha-current-affairs |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=Testbook |language=en}}</ref>
|<ref> L K Durga, 2018. Process of Peripheralization of Settlements in Early Historic Odisha: An Archaeological Perspective, Vol. 6, ''Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology'' http://www.heritageuniversityofkerala.com/JournalPDF/Volume6/26.pdf</ref><ref>D B Garnayak, 2020. Excavation at Asurgarh: An Early Historic Fortified
Settlement in Odisha
, Vol. 8.2, ''Heritage: Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Archaeology'', http://www.heritageuniversityofkerala.com/JournalPDF/Volume8.2/18.pdf </ref>
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|[[Bindusagar Tank]]
|c. 7-8th century CE
|[[File:View of Ananta Vasudeva Temple from Bindusagar - July 2007.jpg|200px|Bindusagar]]
| Old Town, Bhubaneswar
| A ritual tank with a shrine in the centre
|<ref name=bindusagar>{{cite web|title=Bindusagar Tank|url=http://ignca.nic.in/asi_reports/orkhurda026.pdf|website=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)|access-date=8 August 2014}}</ref>
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| [[Chausath Yogini Temple, Ranipur Jharial|Chausath Yogini Temples]]
| c. 9th century CE
|[[File:Chausath Yogini Temple, Ranipur Jharial, Odisha (2018) 1.jpg|200px|Chausath Yogini Temples]]
| Jharial, [[Bolangir]]
| A [[hypaethral]] temple for 64 [[yogini]]s
| <ref name=64yogini>{{cite news |title=Ranipur-Jharial Yogini Temple: A Ninth Century Monument Remains in Ruins |url=http://m.newindianexpress.com/odisha/275326|access-date=10 June 2014|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=7 March 2014 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140610120459/http://m.newindianexpress.com/odisha/275326 |archive-date=10 June 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| [[Chausathi Jogini Temple]]
| 9th century CE
| [[File:Chausath Yogini Temple - Outside.JPG|200px|Chausathi Jogini Temple]]
| Hirapur, [[Khordha district|Khurda]]
| [[Hypaethral]] temple for 64 [[Yogini]]s in the outskirts of [[Bhubaneswar]]
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Yogini temple of Hirapur|url=http://www.thehindu.com/fr/2003/10/17/stories/2003101701580900.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=17 October 2003}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
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| [[Anantashayana Vishnu]]
| 9th century CE
|
| Sarang, [[Dhenkanal district|Dhenkanal]]
| 15 metre long rock cut image of [[Vishnu]] lying in rest.
| <ref name="Anantasayana Visnu">{{cite web|title=Anantasayana Visnu|url=http://ignca.nic.in/asi_reports/ordhenknl001.pdf|access-date=8 August 2014|website=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)}}</ref>
|}

==Medieval==

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! Site
! Date(s)
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!class="unsortable"| Description
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| [[Ratnagiri, Odisha|Ratnagiri]]
| c. 10th century
| [[File:Ratnagiri (30).JPG|200px|Ratnagiri, Jajpur]]
| [[Jajpur]]
| [[Buddhist]] monastery built by the [[Bhauma-Kara dynasty]]
| <ref name=Ratnagiri>{{cite web|title=Excavated Buddhist site, Ratnagiri|url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_tktd_orissa_es_ratnagiri.asp|website=[[Archaeological Survey of India]]|publisher=[[Archaeological Survey of India]]|access-date=10 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[Lalitgiri]]
| c. 10th century
| [[File:MulGandhakuti Lalitgiri.JPG|200px|Lalitgiri, Jajpur]]
| [[Cuttack]]
| A group [[Buddhist]] monasteries
| <ref name=lalit>{{cite web|title=Excavated Buddhist site, Lalitgiri|url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_tktd_orissa_es_lalitagiri.asp|website=[[Archaeological Survey of India]]|publisher=[[Archaeological Survey of India]]|access-date=10 June 2014|ref=lalit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926160922/http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_tktd_orissa_es_lalitagiri.asp|archive-date=26 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| [[Brahmeswara Temple]]
| 1058 CE
| [[File:Brahmeswara Temple, Bhubaneswar.JPG|200px|Brahmeswara Temple, Bhubaneswar]]
| [[Bhubaneswar]]
| [[Shiva]] temple built during reign of the [[Somavaṃśī dynasty|Somavamsis]]
| <ref name=Brahmeswara>{{cite web|title=Brahmeswara Temple|url=http://ignca.nic.in/asi_reports/orkhurda028.pdf|website=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)|access-date=8 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[Jagannath Temple, Puri|Jagannath Temple]]
| c. 1090
| [[File:Sri Jagannath Temple Puri, Orissa.jpeg|200px|Sri Jagannath Temple Puri, Orissa]]
| [[Puri]]
| [[Vaishnava]] temple built by [[Eastern Ganga dynasty]] kings
| <ref name="Mukherjee1981">{{cite book|author=Prabhat Mukherjee|title=The History of Medieval Vaishnavism in Orissa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7LFzfbhmJcMC|year=1981|publisher=Asian Educational Services|isbn=978-81-206-0229-8|pages=29–,32}}</ref>
|-
| [[Lingaraja Temple]]
| c. 1100
| [[File:Lingaraj.JPG|200px|Lingaraj Temple, Bhubaneswar]]
| [[Bhubaneswar]]
| Shiva temple built by Somavamsi kings
| <ref name="Nāẏaka2011">{{cite book|author=Pabitra Mohana Nāẏaka|title=Inscriptions of Orissa: With Special Reference to Subarnapur|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gv9mSu0qxSYC&pg=PR7|access-date=10 June 2014|year=2011|publisher=Readworthy|isbn=978-93-5018-042-6|page=vii}}</ref>
|-
| [[Gundicha Temple]]
| 12th century
| [[File:Puri-gundica-mandir.jpg|200px|Gundicha Temple]]
| [[Puri]]
| Built by the [[Eastern Ganga dynasty]]. Houses the main idols during the [[Ratha-Yatra (Puri)|Ratha Yatra]] festival
| <ref name=gundicha>{{cite web|title=Gundicha Temple|url=http://ignca.nic.in/asi_reports/orpuri071.pdf|access-date=8 August 2014|website=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)}}</ref><ref name=ratha-gundicha>{{cite news|title=Five Lakh Throng Gundicha Temple in Puri|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Five-Lakh-Throng-Gundicha-Temple-in-Puri/2014/07/07/article2318331.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707060436/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Five-Lakh-Throng-Gundicha-Temple-in-Puri/2014/07/07/article2318331.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 July 2014|access-date=8 August 2014|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=7 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
| [[Barabati fort]]
| c. 1230
| [[File:Barabati durga Cuttack Barabati Fort Wide look-4.JPG|200px|Barabati Fort, Cuttack]]
| [[Cuttack]]
| Presumed to have been built by Anangabhimadev III of the [[Eastern Ganga dynasty]]
| <ref name=barabati>{{cite journal|author1=Hemanta K. Mohapatra|title=Remembering the Great Barabati Fort|journal=Orissa Review|publisher=[[Government of Odisha]]|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/jan2004/englishpdf/chapter8.pdf|access-date=10 June 2014|date=January 2004}}</ref>
|-
| [[Kapilash Temple]]
| 1246
| [[File:Kapilasa temple Dhenkanal Odisha4.jpg|200px|Kapilasa temple, Dhenkanal]]
| [[Dhenkanal district|Dhenkanal]]
| [[Shiva]] temple constructed by [[Narasingha Deva I]]
| <ref name=kapilash>{{cite web|title=Kapilash Temple|url=http://dhenkanal.nic.in/kapilas/kapilas.htm|website=District Portal: Dhenkanal|publisher=[[Government of Odisha]]|access-date=10 June 2014|ref=kapilash}}</ref>
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| [[Konark Sun Temple]]
| c. 1250
| [[File:Konark Temple.jpg|200px|Konark Sun Temple]]
| [[Konark]]
| Supposedly built by king [[Narasingha Deva I]] of [[Eastern Ganga Dynasty]] around 1250
| <ref name="konark">{{cite book|title=Indian History| year=1960 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X4j7Nf_MU24C&pg=SL2-PA3|access-date=8 August 2014|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill Education|isbn=978-0-07-132923-1|page=B3}}</ref>
|-
| [[Ananta Vasudeva Temple]]
| c.1278
| [[File:Ananta Vasudeva Temple.jpg|200px|Ananta Vasudeva Temple, Bhubaneswar]]
| [[Bhubaneswar]]
| [[Vaishnava]] temple built by Queen Chandrika, daughter of Anangabhimadeva III, of the [[Eastern Ganga dynasty]]
| <ref name="Mukherjee1981" /><ref name="Dash">{{cite book|author=Trilochan Dash|title=Story of Lord Sri Jagannatha in Srimandira at Sri Purusottam Kshetra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hd0rnGa72PsC&pg=PA31|access-date=10 June 2014|publisher=Trilochan Dash|page=31|id=GGKEY:Y2TR84PZ0DD}}</ref>
|-
| [[Atharanala]] Bridge
| c.1300
| [[File:Athara nala.JPG|200px|Atharanala, Puri]]
| [[Puri]] <br> {{coord|19|49|11|N|85|49|54.1|E}}
| Bridge with 18 [[arch]]es, purportedly built by Narasingha Deva II of [[Eastern Ganga Dynasty]]
| <ref name="Starza1993">{{cite book|author=O. M. Starza|title=The Jagannatha Temple at Puri: Its Architecture, Art, and Cult|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v4bV3beb0n8C&pg=PA8|access-date=10 June 2014|year=1993|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-09673-6|page=8}}</ref>
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| [[Biraja Temple|Biraja Temple, Jajpur]]
| 13th Century
|
| Built originally by Jajati Keshari of Soma Dynasty
|-
| [[Annakoteshvara Temple]]
| 16th Century
|
| Latadeipur, Gondia, [[Dhenkanal district|Dhenkanal]]
| [[Shiva]] temple built during the reign of the [[Gajapati Kingdom|Gajapati dynasty]]
| <ref name=ASI-orissa>{{cite web|title=Alphabetical List of Monuments - Orissa|url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_alphalist_orissa.asp|website=[[Archaeological Survey of India]] (ASI)|access-date=8 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=IGNCA-Annakotesvara>{{cite web|title=Annakotesvara Temple|url=http://ignca.nic.in/asi_reports/ordhenknl009.pdf|website=Indira Gandhi National Centre For The Arts (IGNCA)|access-date=8 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|Alarnath Temple
|1610 AD
|
|Brahmagiri, Puri, 752011
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=alarnath temple - Google Search|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=alarnath+temple&tbm=isch&cshid=1595351210100#imgrc=gCNBQUM4weFCuM|access-date=2020-07-21|website=www.google.com}}</ref>
|[http://www.shreekhetra.com/alarnath.html]
|-
| [[Baladevjew Temple]]
| 1707
|
| [[Kendrapara]]
| Temple built during [[Maratha]] occupation of Odish
| <ref name=30lakhs>{{cite news|title=30 lakhs were granted for the renovation of Baldevjew and Mausi Maa temples under heritage conservation project.|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/archaeology-department-undertakes-renovation-of-mausi-maa-temple/|access-date=15 June 2014|work=The Indian Express|date=9 June 2014}}</ref>
|-
| Qadam-e-Rasool
| 1718
|
| [[Cuttack]]
| Mosque built by [[Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan]]. Purportedly contains a [[Qadam Rasul]] (footprint of [[Muhammad]]).
| <ref name=islamic_cuttack>{{cite journal|author1=Mohammed Yamin|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2011/may/engpdf/48-57.pdf|title=Islamic Monuments in Cuttack|journal=Orissa Review|date=May 2011|publisher=[[Government of Odisha]]|access-date=10 June 2014}}</ref>

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==Colonial==

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| [[Joranda Gadi]]
| Early 20th century
|
| Joranda, [[Dhenkanal district|Dhenkanal]]
| Contains the [[Samadhi (shrine)|samadhi]] of the founder of the [[Mahima Dharma]] sect.
| <ref name=joranda>{{cite web|title=Joranda Gadi|url=http://ignca.nic.in/asi_reports/ordhenknl013.pdf|website=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)|access-date=8 August 2014}}</ref>
|-
|Inchudi
| 1930
|
| [[Balasore]]
| Site of [[Salt Satyagraha]] in the state
|<ref name=inchudi>{{cite news|title=Satyagraha memory fades with time|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120912/jsp/odisha/story_15963791.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316063646/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120912/jsp/odisha/story_15963791.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 March 2014|access-date=10 June 2014|work=[[The Telegraph (India)]]|date=12 September 2012}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[History of Odisha]]

==References==
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[[Category:Lists of tourist attractions in Odisha]]

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