Parsurameswar

Parsurameswar is the Parsurameswara temple of Bhubaneswar, dated to about 650 CE in the Shailodbhava period, which makes it among the oldest surviving temples of the city and the best preserved early Odishan temple. It is a Shiva temple in the Nagara style and is the first temple known to add a jagamohana, an assembly hall, in front of the main tower. The temple is richly sculptured. The name is linked by one source to a Pashupata teacher called Parasara, though it also recalls Parashurama.

No founding legend is recorded in the sources consulted, and the temple is best understood through its dating. Wikipedia and other references place it in the seventh century, around 650 CE, in the Shailodbhava period between the seventh and eighth centuries. This makes it one of the earliest...