Bhringeswara mahadeva temple, Bajrakot, District, Angul

Although the extant temples dating from the 6th-7th centuries are confined to Bhubaneswar, the architectural remains from the 8th-9th Centuries appear scattered throughout the districts of Odisha, suggesting an unprecedented expansion of architectural activity due developing local patronage. Among the surviving temples dating from this period outside of Bhubaneswar, the ruined temples and detached sculpture at Jajpur, the Bhingesvara Mahadev temple at Bajrakot and the Kanakesvara Siva temple at Kualo in Denkanal district; the Manikesvara Siva temple at Suklesvara, the Pascimesvara temple near Khanderpur, the small Durga temple at Baideswar, Simhanatha temple on an island of Mahanadi in Cuttack district; Siva temples at Bankoda Punjiyama and Badgaon in Ganjam district; the Madhukesvara temple at Mukhalingam (now situated in the Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh); the Patalesvara and Mallikesvara temples at Paikapada and the Mallikesvara temple at Padmapur in Rayagada district; and Somesvara temple at Ranipur-Jharial in Balangir district. All of these temples can be assigned to the 8th or 9th Century AD. The temples at Bajrakot, Suklesvara, Badgaon, Paikapada and Simhanatha are of the Pancayatana class with subsidiary shrines at the four corners of their compound.