Beautiful Lingaraja Temple Tour in Bhubaneswar
The Capital City Bhubaneswar is also popularly called as Temple City. Here at this city thousands of Hindu Temples are present at different locations. “Lingaraj Temple” is the most popular Temple present in Bhubaneswar dedicated to “Harihara” (Lord Shiva). Hindu People very much love this temple and Lord Shiva (Bhole nath) every day thousands of people visiting to Lingaraj Temple for worship lord Shiva.
Structure of Lingaraj Temple
Lingaraj temple is built in traditional temple design of Odisha the Popular Deula style; in this style the temple has four components (i) Vimana (structure containing the sanctum), (ii) jagamohana (assembly hall), (iii) Natamandira (festival hall) and (iv) bhoga-mandapa. Along with that the temple complex has 50 other shrines and is enclosed by a very large compound wall that states this temples glory. Visitors very much like each and every thing about the Lingaraj Temple. So very day many people from different parts of the state Odisha and from other states also coming and visiting this divine temple.
Festivals in Lingaraj Temple
Like other temples in Lingaraj Temple also various rituals and festivals are celebrated with heart full of happiness and joy. Shivaratri is the most important festival celebrated in this temple thousands of devotees worship lord Shiva with full day of fasting and praying whole night till Mahadipa (a huge lamp) is lit on the spire of the temple. Every year on the occasion of Ashokashtami the chariot festival (Ratha-Yatra) of Lingaraja is celebrated.
