Brahmeswara Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva. This Temple is located 5 kilometers from the Bhubaneswar Railway Station Odisha, India. It was built at the end of the 9th century CE and is richly carved on the inside and outside. The use of inscriptions that were originally on the temple allows us to date this Hindu temple fairly accurately. They are now lost, but records of them have been preserved, preserving information from around 1058 CE. The temple was built by his mother Kolavati Devi in the 18th regnal year of the Somavamsi king Udyotakesari, which corresponds to 1058 CE.
Historians place the temple to belong to the late 11th century, as evidenced by an inscription brought from Bhubaneshwar to Calcutta. The temple was built by Kolavatidevi, the mother of Somavamsi king Udyota Kesari, according to the inscription. It was constructed with four Natyasalas in Ekamra at a location known as Siddhatirtha (modern-day Bhubaneswar). The inscription was discovered in the 18th renal year of Udyotha Kesari, which corresponded to 1060 CE. Because the inscription is no longer in its original location, historians speculate that it may refer to another temple, but based on the location and other features specified, it is determined that the inscription belongs to the temple. Another point raised by Panigrahi is that the four cardinal temples are Angasalas (associate temples) rather than Natyasalas (dance halls) as the inscription indicates.
The temple is classed as a panchatanaya temple because, in addition to the main shrine, there are four minor shrines located in the temple’s four corners. In comparison to its predecessors, the temple has a perfectly developed construction due to its later origin. The temple’s vimana is 18.96 meters (62.2 feet) tall. [2] The temple was constructed using conventional architectural methods of wood carving but on stone. The structures were constructed in the shape of a full-volume pyramid, then carved on the inside and outside. The property is 208.84 square meters in size, while the temple is 181.16 square meters.
