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Ladu
Baba
temple
is
located
in
the
Uttara
daraja,
Badu
Sahi,
Old
Town,
Bhubaneswar.
On
the
right
side
of
Ratha
road,
leading
from
Lingaraj
Market
Complex
Chowk
to
Badheibanka
Chowk.
It
is
30.00
metres
north
of
Chitrakarini
temple
and
70.00
metres
south
of
Mohini
temple.
The
temple
is
facing
towards
east.
The
Sanctum
of
the
temple
is
empty.
However,
the
sculptural
embellishments
in
the
outer
walls
suggest
that
the
temple
was
originally
dedicated
to
Lord
Siva.
According
to
the
local
tradition,
the
deity
was
rescued
and
shifted
from
Ravanaβs
Lanka
to
Ekamra
Kshetra
during
the
conflagration
of
Svarna
Lanka
on
the
eve
of
Rama-Ravana
war.Surrounding:
The
temple
is
surrounded
by
Uttaradaraja,
Badu
Sahi
road
in
the
west
and
private
residential
buildings
on
all
other
three
sides.
The
temple
is
facing
towards
east.
ii)
Architectural
features
(Plan
and
Elevation):
The
temple
is
buried
up
to
half
of
the
jangha
except
in
the
western
side
that
is
buried
up
to
the
pabhaga.
On
plan,
the
temple
is
pancharatha,
having
a
square
vimana
with
a
frontal
porch.
The
vimana
measures
6.00
square
metres
and
the
porch
is
0.50
metres.
On
elevation,
the
temple
is
in
rekha
order
with
usual
bada,
gandi
and
mastaka
measuring
11.20
metres
in
height
from
the
present
base
to
kalasa.
On
elevation,
the
bada
measuring
2.70
metres
in
height
has
five
vertical
division
namely
pabhaga
(buried)
plain,
talajangha
(0.76
metres),
bandhana
three
mouldings
(0.31
metres),
upara
jangha
(0.73
metres)
and
baranda
with
nine
mouldings
(0.90
metres).
The
gandi
above
the
baranda
measuring
5.50
metres
in
height
is
a
curvilinear
spire
and
devoid
of
any
decoration.
At
the
center
of
the
raha
there
are
Udyota
simhas.
The
mastaka
as
usual
in
Orissan
temples
has
components
like
beki,
amlaka,
khapuri
and
kalasa
that
measures
3.00
metres
in
height.
The
beki
recess
houses
with
beki
bhairavas
at
the
top
of
the
raha
paga
and
dopichha
simha
above
the
kanika
pagas.
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