Mangala Temple
| Mangala temple | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Country | India |
| State | Orissa |
| Location | Bhubaneswar |
| Culture | |
| Primary deity | Maa Durga |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural styles | Kalingan style (Kalinga architecture) |
| History and governance | |
| Date built | 19th century A.D. |
Mangala Temple was built around the 19th century A.D. and is located in the Harizan Sahi, Village Patia, in Bhubaneswar. The enshrined deity is a four-armed Mangala. The deity holds a conch in her upper right hand, a wheel in lower left hand, varadamudra in upper left hand and lower right hand is in abhaya mudra. The deity stands on a pedestal. The temple is maintained by the locals of Harijan sahi.
Physical description
Surrounding
The temple is surrounded by a concrete hall in east and residential buildings in the rest three sides of west, north and south.
Architectural features
The temple stands on a low and square platform measuring 2.90 square metres with a height of 0.43 meters. On plan, the temple has a square vimana in the dimension. On elevation, the vimana is a pidha deula having bada, gandi and mastaka that measures 4.56 metres (15.0 ft) in height. With the three-fold division of bada, the temple has a triangabada measuring 1.61 metres (5.3 ft) in height (pabhaga-0.41 meters, jangha - 1.00 meters, baranda-0.20 meters.) The gandi measures 1.50 metres (4.9 ft) in height. The mastaka has usual components like beki, amalaka, kalasa that measures 1.45 mtrs in height.
Building techniques
It is built with Laterite by Ashlar masonry, cement plaster and white wash construction techniques and Kalingan style.
