Rajarani Temple
Rajarani Temple is an 11th-century CE Hindu temple located in Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha, India. Believed to be devoted to Lord Shiva, the shrine is called Raja Rani because it is made of yellow and red sandstone and the two colors are locally called ‘Raja Rani’.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hindu temple
- Description: temple in Bhubaneswar, India
- Also known as: “Raja Rani temple”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parsurameswara Temple and Lingaraja Temple.
Parsurameswara Temple
Place of worship
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Parsurameswara Temple also spelt Parashurameshvara, is a Hindu temple, located in the East Indian city of Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, India, is considered the best preserved specimen of an early Odia Hindu temple dated to the Shailodbhava period between the 7th and 8th centuries CE. Parsurameswara Temple is situated 470 metres west of Rajarani Temple.
Lingaraja Temple
Hindu temple
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Lingaraja Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva and is one of the oldest temples in Bhubaneswar, the capital of the Indian state of Odisha, India. Lingaraja Temple is situated 1¼ km southwest of Rajarani Temple.
Ananta Vasudeva Temple
Hindu temple
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Ananta Vasudeva Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu located in Bhubaneswar, the state capital of Odisha, India. The temple was constructed in the thirteenth century, and the complete murtis of Krishna, Balarama and Subhadra are worshipped there. Ananta Vasudeva Temple is situated 1 km west of Rajarani Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sisupalgarh and Bhubaneswar.
Sisupalgarh
Suburb
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Sisupalgarh or Sisupalagada is situated in Khurda District in Odisha, India, and houses ruined fortifications. First inhabited around 7th to 6th centuries BCE, it is one of the largest and best-preserved early historic fortifications in India, and was once the capital of ancient Kalinga.
Bhubaneswar
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Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, lies on the banks of the River Kuakhai which is part of the Mahanadi River delta. Together with Konark and Puri, it forms the Swarna Tribhuja or Golden Triangle of Odisha tourism.
Dhauli
Village
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Dhauli or Dhauligiri is a hill located on the banks of the river Daya, 8 km south of Bhubaneswar in Odisha, India. Dhauli is situated 6 km south of Rajarani Temple.
Rajarani Temple
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Bhubaneswar M Corp, Khordha, Odisha, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
20.24347° or 20° 14′ 37″ northLongitude
85.84355° or 85° 50′ 37″ eastOpen location code
7MG76RVV+9COpenStreetMap ID
way 1377168360OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q6507638
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Urdu—“Rajarani Temple” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “রাজারাণী মন্দির”
- Chinese: “拉賈拉尼神廟”
- Egyptian Arabic: “معبد راجارانى”
- Hindi: “राजारानी मंदिर”
- Kannada: “ರಾಜರಾಣಿ ದೇವಾಲಯ”
- Kannada: “ರಾಜಾರಾನಿ ದೇವಾಲಯ”
- Malayalam: “രാജരാണി ക്ഷേത്രം”
- Marathi: “राजाराणी मंदिर”
- Oriya: “ରାଜାରାଣୀ ମନ୍ଦିର”
- Panjabi: “ਰਾਜਰਾਣੀ ਮੰਦਿਰ”
- Russian: “Раджарани”
- Sanskrit: “राजाराणीमन्दिरम्”
- Tamil: “ராஜாராணி கோயில்”
- Telugu: “రాజారాణి ఆలయం”
- Urdu: “راجا رانی مندر”
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Highlights include Mukteswar Temple and Gauri temple.
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