[feb] Lingaraj Temple

Question 1

what?

Answer 1

11th century AD

Shiva

Bhubaneswar.odisha

Question 2

built by?

Answer 2

Yayati I

Question 3

features

Answer 3

180-feet in height.
red stone
Kalinga style of architecture.
temple complex has one hundred and fifty subsidiary shrines.
‘Swayambhu” – self-originated Shivling.
syncretisation of Shaivism and Vaishnavism sects in Odisha.

Question 4

context?

Answer 4

The Odisha government has decided to give a facelift to the 11th century Lingaraj Temple, akin to its pre-350-year structural status.