Rameshwar Deula

The Rameshwar temple is very old temple in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, and known as the Mausi Maa temple of Lingaraj Temple. It is located from 2 km distance from Lingaraj shrine.

Rameshwar Deula
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Bhubaneswar
Deity	Rameshwar Deula
Location
Location	Bhubaneswar
State	Odisha
Country	India
Geographic coordinates	20°15′12.49″N 85°50′9.30″E

Legend

Legend goes as when Rama was returning from Lanka after victory over Ravana, Goddess Sita asked to worship Shiva here. So Ramachandra built a Linga for that purpose. Traditionally during Ashokashtami, which falls one day before to Rama Navami in Chaitra Lord Lingaraja comes to this temple by a large chariot called Rukuna Rath and stays for four days. Historically the temple dates back to 9th century.

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See also

• List of temples in Bhubaneswar

External links

• who is the aunt of Shiva, non other than The daughter of Mithila Archived 3 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine
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• ancient temples in bhubaneshwar
• ashokastami in bhubaneshwar
• ashokastami Archived 14 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine