In which one of the following cities is the Lingaraja Temple located?

Answer: (a) Bhubaneswar

Lingaraja is the great Kalinga-style Shiva temple of Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

• ✓ (a) The Lingaraja temple complex is at Bhubaneswar.
• ✗ (d) Shravanabelagola is the Jain site of Gommateshvara.

Remember · Lingaraja: Bhubaneswar (Odisha).

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