Kartikesvara Siva Temple

i) Single/ Multiple  : Single.

ii) Public/ Private  : Private.

iii) Chief priest  : Gandhi Garabadu.

1v) Address  : Old Town, Bhubaneswar.

i)Precise date  : Unknown

ii) Approximate date  : 13th Century A.D

iii) Source of Information  : The temple is dated on basis of architectural features and building material.

i) Precinct/ Building/ Structure/Landscape/Site/Tank: Building.

ii) Subtype: Temple.

iii) Typology: The vimana is rekha deul and Jagamohana is a pidha deul.

i) Abandoned/ in use  : In use.

ii) Present use  : Living temple.

iii) Past use  : Worshipped

i) Historic significance  : Built during the Ganga period.

ii) Cultural significance : Gandhi Garabadu Mahaprasada Anusthana operates in the precinct.

i) Surrounding: The temple is surrounded by residential buildings in the eastern side and local shops (Cabins) market complex in the southern side.

ii) Orientation: Facing towards west.

iii) Architectural features (Plan and Elevation): The temple is buried up to the jangha portion. It is pancharatha on plan as distinguished by a central raha and pair of anuratha and kanika pagas on either side of the raha. The vimana is of rekha order and jaga mohan is a pidha deul. The visible portion measures 6.40 m from the present ground level.

iv) Raha niche & parsva devatas: The niches in the eastern side measures 0.82 m in height x 0.55 m in width with a depth of 0.46 m while the other niches are buried.

v) Decorative features: The temple walls are plain.

Doorjambs: The doorjambs of jagamohana carved with three plain vertical bands measures 1.58 m in height and 1.30 m in width. At the lalatabimba there is a Gajalaxmi seated in lalitasana and flanked by two elephants on either side standing on full blown lotus.

Lintel: The architrave above the doorjamb is carved with the usual navagraha.

vi) Building material: Laterite

vii) Construction techniques: Dry masonry

viii) Style: Kalingan

ix) Special features, if any: The gandi is decorated with angasikharas and bhumi amlas. Since the temple is pancharatha in plan and the pilasters are also carved as pancharatha.

i) Good/Fair/ Showing Signs of Deterioration/Advanced: The temple is in advance stage of deterioration.

ii) State of Decay/Danger of Disappearance: Very fast, due to the growth of vegetation like pipal tree and absence of mastaka.

i) Signs of distress: Rain water is seeping inside the sanctum due to the absence of mastaka and stagnating inside the sanctum.

ii) Structural problems: Completely damaged up to the gandi portion.

iii) Repairs and Maintenance: No work of repair or maintenance in the recent past seems to have been done.

i) Architecture: B

ii) Historic: C

iii) Associational: C

iv) Social/Cultural: C

Conservation Problem and Remedies: Encroachment problem and growth of vegetation mainly on the roof of the jagamohana and vimana and seepage of rain water directly into the sanctum. It is now in a bad state of preservation.

Compound Wall: There is no compound wall but it is within the boundary wall of Gandhi garabadu Mahaprasada Anusthana and Narayana Maharana's residencial plot.

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• Category:Shiva temples
• List of Hindu temples in India#Orissa
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• Book: Lesser Known Monuments of Bhubaneswar by Dr. Sadasiba Pradhan (ISBN 81-7375-164-1)