Ananta Vasudeva Temple

Ananta Vasudeva Temple is a prominent Hindu temple located on the  eastern bank of Bindu Sarovar in Bhubaneswar, around 4.5 kilometers from  Bhubaneswar Railway Station, Odisha in India, dedicated to Lord  Krishna, an avatar of Lord Vishnu.  

The temple was built in the thirteenth century, and it has the entire  murtis of Krishna, Balarama, and Subhadra. Balarama stands beneath a  seven-hooded serpent, while Subhadra holds a jewel pot and a lotus in  her two hands, her left foot resting on another jewel pot, and Krishna  wields a mace, chakra, lotus, and conch.  

The temple was built during the time of King Bhanudeva during the reign of Chandrika Devi, the daughter of Anangabhima III. 

In the British Museum’s collection, there is a commemorative inscription that marks the temple’s foundation. 

The original image of Vishnu appears to have been worshipped on the site  of Ananta Vasudeva’s grand temple, which was built in the 13th century  A.D.  

In the 13th century, Queen Chandrika of the Eastern Ganga dynasty was  inspired to build a new temple – the temple of Ananta Vasudeva – in this  location.  

This Vishnu image had to have been installed in an old temple. The  Marathas, who extended their empire to the Mahanadi River, were in  charge of renovating the Vishnu temple in Bhubaneswar in the late 17th  century.