27-04-21 Daily-Odisha-OPSC Current Affairs

The Odisha Government has limited public entry into the Lingaraj Temple after four sevayats (priests) tested wonderful for the novel coronavirus.

In August 2020, the government had determined to give a facelift to the temple, akin to its pre-350-year structural status.

Lingaraj Temple, constructed in eleventh century AD, is devoted to Lord Shiva and is viewed as the biggest temple of the town Bhubaneswar of Odisha

The temple is believed to have been built by way of the Somvanshi King Yayati I.

It is built in crimson stone and is a traditional instance of Kalinga fashion of architecture.

The lingaraja temple is divided into four sections – Garbha Griha (sanctum sanctorum), Yajna Shala (the corridor for prayers), Bhoga Mandap (the hall of offering) and Natya Shala (hall of dance).

The sprawling temple complicated has one hundred and fifty subsidiary shrines.

Lingaraj is referred to as Swayambhu’ self-originated Shivling.

Another essential element of the temple is that it signifies the syncretisation of Shaivism and Vaishnavism sects in Odisha.