Brahmani temple ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣୀ ମନ୍ଦିର | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Hinduism |
District | Baleswar |
Deity | Avaloketesvara, Chamunda |
Festivals | Durga Puja |
Governing body | Laxmi Narayan Puja Committee |
Location | |
Location | Avana |
State | Orissa |
Country | India |
Geographic coordinates | 21°15′21.12″N 86°48′33.8″E / 21.2558667°N 86.809389°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Orissan Pidha vimana temple architecture |
Creator | Somavamsi rule |
Completed | 10th–11th centuries |
Brahmani temple ( Odia: ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣୀ ମନ୍ଦିର) is a Hindu and Buddhist temple located in Avana, Baleswar, Odisha, India built in the 10th–11th centuries A.D. It is a living temple and the presiding deity is an eight-armed three-faced Chamunda image. It is a protected monument of Odisha State Archaeology.
It is on the left bank of the river Son and is about 6 km north of Ajodhya. It is 21 km from the Baleshwar town, Orissa.
It is a pidha temple followed by a flat roofed open mandapa. The presiding deity of the temple is an eight-armed Chamunda image and iconographically it can be dated to the 10th–11th centuries A.D. The temple is a modern one but it houses a few important specimen of Buddhist and Saviate sculptures, datable to the same centuries.
Vermilion and oil is regularly applied over the images by the priest, which may be harmful for the stone carvings in long run.