Saivaite Traditions of South Odisha; With Special Reference to Mahendragiri

 Innovation : The Research Concept ISSN No. 2456–5474  RNI No. .UPBIL/2016/68367 VOL- VI * ISSUE- III  April - 2021   

 Paper Submission: 01/04/2021, Date of Acceptance: 18/04/2021, Date of Publication: 25/04/2021



 





Umakanta Moharana 

Lecturer,
 Dept. of History, 
Vesaja Patel College, 
Hemgiri (Duduka), 
Sundargarh, Odisha, India

                                                    Abstract

 There are thousands of monuments belonging to various religions spread over in Odisha in all its modern thirty districts. In the Brahmanical and puranic system Vaishnavism, Saivism and Shaktism constituted the great trio that contributed richly to the growth of art, architecture and literature, tradition, legends, myths, etc. With her magnificent Saivite monuments of nock and corners of Odisha glimmers with enduring glory as an enormous centre of Saivism in the records and heritage of India. There are numerous literature puranic traditions, legends and folktales never leave any reason in narrating the origin and importance of supreme God Siva. The earliest Saiva temples of South Odisha is regarded as Gokarnesvara Siva on the peak of Mahendragiri hilland theMadhukesvara Siva linga of Kalinganagar at Mukhalingam on the banks of the Vamsadharariver are noteworthy. The objective of this paper is to highlight the religious importance of South Odisha in general and the sacred Mahendragiri hill in particular.

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