Bateswar Temple in Odisha
Q. Recently Bateswar temple is being renovated. It is located in- Published on 21 Jun 16a. Assam
b. West Bengal
c. Odisha
d. Gujarat
ANSWER: Odisha
- Bateshwar Temple is one of the historical sites in Odisha that hold archaeological importance.
- Historians opine that the sculpture and artifacts of Bateshwar Temple date back to 8th and 9th century.
- Another specialty of the temple is the ‘Uma Maheswar’ image in the interiors of the temple in which Lord Shiva is seen sitting on the right lap of Goddess Uma (Parvati). It depicts the creation of ‘Sristi’ (world) with Shiva and Prakruti coming together. The niches in the inner walls of the temple also have archaeological significance.
- The inscriptions found on the temple site are written on “Devanagari’ and ‘Kutila’ scripts used in the 10th century, during the reign of Ganga dynasty.
- During the renovation, remnants of a Parvati temple were discovered from under the sand on the periphery of the Bateswar temple.
- The temple is located on the coastal sand dunes around eight kms from the Kolkata-Chennai Highway near Humma.
- According to Odisha State Archaeology department, with financial support of the World Bank, a Rs.1.64-crore renovation work was taken up at the Bateswar temple under the Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project (ICZMP).
