title: Yudhistiresvara Siva Temple
text: # Yudhistiresvara Siva Temple
  
  1. Name:
  
  i) Present Name: Yudhistiresvara Siva Temple.
  
  ii) Past Name: —
  
  2. Location: 20°14′22″N 85°49′27″E﻿ / ﻿20.23944°N 85.82417°E﻿ / 20.23944; 85.82417, Elev 124 ft
  
  i) Address & Approach: Yudhistiresvara Siva Temple is located in the Bhimesvara Temple Precinct in Kapila Prasad, Housing Board Colony, Bhimatangi, Bhubaneswar. It is situated on the left side of the Bhubaneswar-Jatni road leading from Punama gate to Jatani. The temple is facing towards east. The enshrined deity is a Siva lingam over a circular yonipitha.
  
  ii) Tradition & legends: Local people associate the Pandavas with the site on account of a pair of large foot, which are called Bhimapada (feet of Bhima).
  
  3. Ownership
  
  i) Single/ Multiple: Multiple
  
  ii) Public/ Private: Private
  
  iii) Any other (specify): Bhimesvara Mandira Parichalana Samiti.
  
  iv) Name: Purusottama Sahu. (President)
  
  v) Address:
  
  4. Age
  
  i)Precise date: —
  
  ii) Approximate date: 19th Century A.D
  
  iii) Source of Information: Local tradition.
  
  5. Property Type
  
  i) Precinct/ Building/ Structure/Landscape/Site/Tank: Precinct.
  
  ii) Subtype: Temple.
  
  iii) Typology: Pidha deul
  
  6. Property use
  
  i) Abandoned/ in use: In use
  
  ii) Present use: Living Temple
  
  iii) Past use: Worshipped
  
  7. Significance
  
  i) Historic significance: Not found
  
  ii) Cultural significance: Sivaratri, Sankranti, Bada Ossa, Kartika purnima, Rudrabhiseka, Jalabhiseka.
  
  iii) Social significance: Marriage, thread ceremony, mundanakriya.
  
  iv) Associational significance:—
  
  8. Physical description
  
  i) Surrounding : It is surrounded by the rest house of the precinct in west and the temple compound wall in north east.
  
  ii) Orientation: The temple facing towards east.
  
  iii) Architectural features (Plan and Elevation): On plan, the temple has a square vimana measuring 2.90 $m^2.$ On elevation, the vimana is in pidha order that measures 5.37 m in height. From bottom to the top the temple has a bada, gandi and mastaka. With threefold divisions of the bada the temple has a trianga bada measuring 2.37 m in height. The pabhaga is plain measuring 0.42 m, Jangha 1.30 m and baranda 0.65 m in height. The gandi measuring 2.30 m has eleven receding tiers. The mastaka measures 0.70 m. 48
  
  iv) Raha niche & parsva devatas: The Parsvadevata niches are located on the raha paga of the jangha on the three sides of north, west and south. There is a four armed Ganesa on the southern niche, Parvati image on the northern niche and the western niche is empty.
  
  v) Decorative features: — Door Jambs: The doorjambs measure 1.72 m x 0.62 m. Lintel: There is no graha panel.
  
  vi) Building material: Laterite
  
  vii) Construction techniques: Lime mortar and cement plaster
  
  viii) Style: Kalingan.
  
  ix) Special features, if any: —
  
  9. State of preservation
  
  i) Good/Fair/ Showing Signs of Deterioration/Advanced: Good
  
  ii) State of Decay/Danger of Disappearance: —
  
  10. Condition description
  
  i) Signs of distress: Not found due to recent construction.
  
  ii) Structural problems: —
  
  iii) Repairs and Maintenance: Bhimesvara Mandira Parichalana Samiti.
  
  11. Grade (A/B/C)
  
  i) Architecture: C
  
  ii) Historic: C
  
  iii) Associational: B
  
  iv) Social/Cultural: C
  
  v) Others:
  
  12. Threats to the property: Conservation Problem and Remedies: —
  
  13. Reference notes:
  
  14. Maps / Plan / Drawings:
  
  15. Date of Documentation: 15.10.2006
  
  16. Documenter: Dr. Sadasiba Pradhan and team.
  
  