300-year old Biranchiarayan temple in Odisha is famous for its wood carvings

Biranchiarayan temple in Ganjam district of Odisha is famous for its wood carvings - it is known as wooden Konark. Right now, hundreds of people, mostly women, are arriving there on the occasion of the Samba Dashami to worship the Sun God. There would be daylong rituals to mark Samba Dashami but, the main festival will be held on Magha Saptami on February 3.
The temple is located at Buguda, 70-Km from Berhampur in Ganjam district. Surya Narayan is the main deity of the temple.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 9 January 2017.

The temple is 300-year old and was built by Srikar Bhanja, one of the kings of Bhanja dynasty, in 1790 AD. It is also known as wooden Konark because of its exquisite art work in wood. The construction is in the shape of a chariot of the sun drawn by seven horses and the roof is covered with copper plates on which tiles are fixed at present.
The temple is well known for its murals. The wall paintings show Ram and Laxman receiving visitors and warriors on a hill in a rocky land. And, the stories of Krishna leela and the car festival of Lord Jagannath are painted on western and the northern walls of the temple respectively.


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