Mukhalingam

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Mukhalingam

Village in the Parlakimedi tahsil of Ganjam Dis- trict, Madras, situated in 18° 35' N. and 38° 59' E., on the left bank of the Vamsadhara, 18 miles from Parlakimedi. It is famous for its Siva temple, which is held in great veneration, and is maintained by the Raja of Parlakimedi. A religious festival and fair is held annually on the Sivaratri, when thousands of pilgrims visit it.

This and two other temples in the same village are excellent examples of the Orissan or Indo-Aryan style of architecture, which differs widely from the Dravidian style of the southern Districts ; and the sculpture on them is remarkable for its elegance and precision. One of them was built in the beginning of the ninth century, and the inscriptions show that Mukhalingam was formerly inhabited by Buddhists, and that it, and not Calingapatam or Chicacole, as was once supposed, was the site of the capital of the old Ganga kings of Kalinga.