Samleswari Temple
Situated on the banks of the sacred Mahanadi River, Goddess Samaleswari has been worshipped since ancient times as Jagat Janani (Mother of the Universe), Durga, Mahalaxmi, Mahasaraswati, and Adishakti.Ptolemy has described the place as Sambalaka, according to French traveller Jean-Baptiste Tavernier and English historian Edward Gibbon, diamonds were exported to Rome from Sambalpur.Thus, the Sandhara temples have a Pradakshinapatha is built of a kind of stone as durable as granite, cemented with lime mortar, the whole building is plastered, but in the course of time the surface has become mouldy.Eleven parswa devis (side Goddesses), are embedded on the outer wall of the sanctum, so that the devotees can worship those deities during parikrama through the vaulted circumambulation.Beaten gold leaves fixed on two disproportionate golden eye-like depressions on the face act as substitute for her eyes in an attempt to define the face of the mother deity on a mass of self shaped rock, the devi's idol inspires sublime sentiments of awe, fear, reverence, devotion, love and affection towards all-pervasive motherhood.
AffiliationHinduismSambalpurGoddess SamaleswariNuakhaiOdishaGeographic coordinatesKalinga ArchitectureHindu Temple ArchitectureLimestoneHindu templeSambalpur, OdishaSamaleswariChhattisgarhMahanadi RiverMahalaxmiMahasaraswatiAdishaktiJagannathJharkhandHirakhandaPtolemyJean-Baptiste TavernierEdward GibbonpradakshinagranitefestivalsNavaratriChaitraAshwinNavadurgasShaktiBaitala DeulaBata Mangala TempleBhadrakali Temple, AharapadaBhagabati Temple, BanapurBhattarika TempleBiraja TempleCharchika TempleChausath Yogini Temple, HirapurCuttack Chandi TempleDurga Temple, BaideshwarDurga Temple, MotiaGhanteswari TempleKalijaiKanaka Durga, RaulapalliKichakeshwari TempleLankeswari TempleMaa Barunei TempleMaa Mangala Mandir, KakatpurMaa TariniMaa Ugra TaraMaheshwari TempleMaa Markama TempleMahishamardini TempleMajhighariani TempleManikeshwari TempleMarichi TempleMausi Maa TempleMausimaa TempleMetakani TempleNarayani TempleRamachandi TempleRanipur-JharialSaptamatruka TempleSarala TempleSiddha BhairaviSureswari templeTara Tarini MandirUpper Bagh Devi TempleVarahi Deula, ChaurasiVimala TempleWestern OdishaBalangirBargarhDebagarhJharsugudaNuapadaSubarnapurSundargarhNIT RourkelaRajendra College BalangirSambalpur UniversityVSSUT, BurlaWODC Medical CollegesGangadhar Meher UniversityIIM SambalpurAtal Bihari PandaBhagirathi NepakBhima BhoiGangadhar MeherHaldhar NagJitamitra Prasad Singh DeoNila Madhab PandaSabyasachi MohapatraSadhu MeherSarat PujariSarbeswar BhoiVeer Surendra SaiKosaleswara templeSamaleswari TempleSasisena TempleThe Leaning Temple of HumaIndravatiMahanadiSankh RiverDhanu JatraGhumura DanceJiuntiaKalasi JatraBalangir Lok MahotsavLanka PodiPousha Purnima(Puspuni)SitalsasthiSulia JatraPasapali SariSambalpuri SareeSonepuri SariBhukhaRangabatiSambalpuri cinemaSambalpuri dramaHindu place of worship