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Duladevi temple
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Duladevi temple(Location :Lat. 200 13’ 75” N.,Long. 850 49’ 67” E.,Elev. 83 ft) is located on the right side of Duladevi Chowk in the village Kapilesvara in Bhubaneswar. It is 100 mtrs south east of Kapilesvara Siva temple. The presiding deity is a four armed Mahisamardini killing the buffalo demon. Ownership i) Single/ Multiple: Multiple ii) Public/ Private: Private iii) Any other (specify): Gangadhara Mallia and Brundabana Sahoo looks after the temple. iv) Name: — v) Address: Danda Sahi chowk, Kapilesvara, Old Town, Bhubaneswar. Age i)Precise date: 18th Century A.D. ii) Approximate date: — iii) Source of Information: Building material and iconographic features of the presiding deity. Property Type i) Precinct/ Building/ Structure/Landscape/Site/Tank: Building ii) Subtype: Temple iii) Typology: Pidha deul Property use i) Abandoned/ in use: In use ii) Present use: Living Temple iii) Past use: Worshipped Significance i) Historic significance: — ii) Cultural significance: Durga puja, Chandipatha, Panasankranti etc are observed here. iii) Social significance: — iv) Associational significance: — Physical description i) Surrounding: The temple is surrounded by the approaching road in the west and private residential buildings on other three sides. ii) Orientation: The temple is facing towards east. iii) Architectural features (Plan and Elevation): On plan, the temple has vimana and a frontal porch. The vimana measures 3.50 square mtrs and the frontal porch 0.40 mtrs. The cella measures 2.50 square mtrs. On elevation, the temple is in pidha order with usual bada, gandi and mastaka that measures 5.06 mtrs in height from bottom to top. The bada measures 2.06 mtrs, gandi 2.50 mtrs and mastaka 0.50 mtrs in height. iv) Raha niche & parsva devatas: The Parsvadevata niches located on the raha paga of tala jangha, on the three sides of north, west and south measuring 0.36 mtrs x 0.18 mtrs and with a depth of 0.10 mtrs are all empty. v) Decorative features: Paga conjuctions are decorated with figures of vyalas in the tala jangha and nayikas and erotic figures in the upara jangha; which suggest of the date of an early temple. Door Jambs: The doorjambs measuring 1.63 mtrs in height and 0.70 mtrs in width are plain. Lintel: Lintel is plain. vi) Building material: Laterite but sculptures are made of sand stone. vii) Construction techniques: Dry masonry viii) Style: Kalingan ix) Special features, if any: The gandi is decorated with lotus design. State of preservation i) Good/Fair/ Showing Signs of Deterioration/Advanced: — ii) State of Decay/Danger of Disappearance: — Condition description i) Signs of distress: — ii) Structural problems: — iii) Repairs and Maintenance: — Grade (A/B/C) i) Architecture: B ii) Historic: C iii) Associational: C iv) Social/Cultural: C v) Others: — Threats to the property Conservation Problem and Remedies: — Detached and loose sculptures: Two dopichha simha, head of Parvati, a nayika playing with a mrudanga, broken naga columns, a baby sculpture, two Khakhara mundis and a modern Parvati image are there in the precinct. Encroachment: The temple is encroached by private residential buildings in the eastern and southern sides. Reference notes http://www.ignca.nic.in/asi_reports/orkhurda060.pdf Book: Lesser Known Monuments of Bhubaneswar by Dr. Sadasiba Pradhan (ISBN: 81-7375-164-1) http://en. .org/wiki/List_of_Hindu_temples_in_India#Orissa See Also
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