Chateshwar Temple
The Chateswar Temple is a Hindu temple of Odisha in India, which is dedicated to Lord Mahadev.It is one of a patalaphuta Shivalinga Temple and it is located at the Kishinapur village of Salipur in Cuttack district.Architecture
On the basis of a number of detached sculptures of different faiths like Saivite and Sakta, the original temple can be assigned to the Eastern Ganga dynasty rule during 12th Century AD. A miniature four- armed Vishnu, broken images of Chamunda, Surya and Buddha, Udyotasimha, Nandi, miniature temple and other architectural members.The temple is pancharatha on plan and the bada has multi-segmented horizontal mouldings in elevation.Festivals
Major ones are Dola Purnima, Shivaratri, Kartik Purnima and Margashirsha Purnima. Mondays and Sankranti days one can see a large crowd. It is easily accessed by road from Cuttack via Jagatpur.
