The Gosagaresvara Mandapa

The Gosagaresvara Mandapa - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

This mandapa is located within the Gosagaresvara siva temple precinct, Old Town, Bhubaneswar. It is a lofty platform (mandapa) provided with a flight of steps. There are sixteen pillars that support the superstructure of the flat roof. Construction of a mandapa within a precinct is a feature of Orissan temple ritual and architecture. These mandapas usually have sixteen pillars which are also noticed in the Hazari Mandapa in Kapilesvara temple precinct, Jalesvara Mandapa in the Jalesvara temple precinct of Kalarahanga, and MuktiMandapa in the Jagannatha temple precinct of Puri. Read more on Wikipedia

type: Hindu temple
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