Mahavinayak Temple

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Mahavinayak temple is a major center of pilgrimage and one of the oldest Ganesha temples in Orissa. In Orissa there are five different Kshetras or religious centers celebrated for these Pancha Devata (Five God)viz: Vinayaka or Ganesh kshetra at Mahavinayak hills in the district of Jajpur, Vishnu or Sankha (the attributes in the hands of Lord Vishnu) Kshetra at Puri, Shiva or Ekamra Kshetra at Bhubaneswar, Durga or Viraja Kshetra at Jajpur or Yajanapur. Mahavinayak enshrines the five god heads in one Lingam. It is a place of worship for Ganapati.

Since Ganapati or Vianyak is revered here so its name is 'Mahavianyak'. The speciality of Mahavinayak temple is that the Pancha Devata [five Gods] 'Shiva','Vishnu','Durga','Sun' and 'Ganapati' are worshipped as a single deity in a single sanctum sanctorum. In no other Hindu temples such tradition of worship is present.


A famose ganesh temple. where five (Lord Siva, Ganesh, Sun, Goddess Durga and lord Bishnu) Gods are in around of one big Stone.It is a famous historic place in the heart of mountain the Barunabanta.

Its beauty attracts the visiters more towards the green nature and the some streams.

The temple of Lord Shiva in the form of five Gods (Sun, Vishnu, Shiva, Parbati and Ganesh)

The Mahasivaratri is a great festival here.