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Varahi Deula (Oriya:ବାରାହୀ ଦେଉଳ) is an ancient 9th century built temple situated on the eastern coast of Orissa in Puri district. ==History and Tradition== This temple was built in honour of Varahi in the first quarter of 10th century A.D. during Somavamsi rule. The temple is east facing and built with Sand stone. The area dimension (L x B x H) of the temple is 15.84 m x 8.23 m x 8.40 m.〔(The goddess associated with yoganidra of Vishnu on the shreekhetra site )〕 The main temple is like the Khakhara style belonging to Kalinga Kingdom architecture. Other such example is Vaital Deula, in Bhubaneshwar. Spreading over about 2 acres of land, this shrine is Sakta and the presiding deity of the temple is Goddess Varahi, locally called as Matsya Varahi. She sits in lalitasana on a cushion placed on a plain platform with her right foot resting on the buffalo mount carved on the pedestal. She is presented as the pot-bellied goddess with the face of a boar. She has two arms and holds a fish in her right hand and a bowl in her left hand. A third eye is tightly engraved into her forehead. Here Barahi is worshipped in accordance with the tantric rituals. Goddess Varahi is offered fish every day.〔 The semicylindrical shape of the temple shows the variation from the medieval temples of Orissa. Daily the Mahaprasad of Lord Jagannath comes to this temple. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Varahi Deula, Chaurasi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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