Temples in Orissa, India
Ranipur-Jharial, Orissa, India houses one among the five existing rare monuments of Hypaethral temples dedicated to 64 yoginis in India (the other four are Chausath Jogini Temple at Hirapur near Bhubaneswar, Khajuraho and Bheraghat near Jabalpur) and Dudhai near Lalitpur.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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