Temple of Orissa
- Prof. K. S. Behera
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Q.1) The Mahendragiri hill is located in which district of Odisha?
A) Koraput district
B) Ganjam district
C) Keonjhar district
D) Cuttack district
Q.2) The Mahendragiri hill is situated how many miles away from Paralakhemundi?
A) Thirty miles
B) Twenty miles
C) Forty miles
D) Fifteen miles
Q.3) The Mahendragiri hill finds mention in which ancient epic?
A) Ramayana
B) Skanda Purana
C) Vishnu Purana
D) Mahabharata
Q.4) Which poet described the Kalinga King as the “Lord of the Mahendra”?
A) Bhasa
B) Bana
C) Kalidasa
D) Dandin
Q.5) The early Ganga rulers were known as worshippers of which deity?
A) God Gokarnesvamin
B) Lord Jagannath
C) Lord Lingaraja
D) Goddess Durga
Q.6) The temple of Gokarnesvamin is situated on the peak of which mountain?
A) Niyamgiri mountain
B) Gandhamardan mountain
C) Malayagiri mountain
D) Mahendra mountain
Q.7) Apart from the Gokarneswar temple, the other two temples on Mahendragiri hill are named after whom?
A) Arjuna and Bhima
B) Yudhishthira and Bhima
C) Nakula and Sahadeva
D) Rama and Lakshmana
Q.8) The Nilakantheswar Siva temple is located on the top of which hill?
A) Jagamanda hill
B) Mahendra hill
C) Udayagiri hill
D) Dhauligiri hill
Q.9) Near which village is the Nilakantheswar temple located?
A) Khandagiri
B) Raghurajpur
C) Padmapur
D) Kapileswar
Q.10) The Nilakantheswar Siva temple indicates the spread of early temple architecture into which district?
A) Ganjam district
B) Koraput district
C) Cuttack district
D) Balasore district
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