Paschimesvara Shiva Temple

The temple was established as early as the 8th century. The temple is in a poor condition. A flight of steps that leads to a heap of stones suggests that the temple was originally faced towards the west. Its architectural features of the detached sculptures provide important information about the shrine. The ancient sculptures are that of Ganesa, Parvati, Karttikeya and Narsimha. Four of the detached sculptures are in ruins and that includes a four armed Parvati with a rosary and nagapasa in her upper right and left hand respectively. The sculptures of Ganesa might belong to the 7th or 8th century.

The temple is surrounded by the Markendesvara Shiva Temple in the west at a distance of 15.5 meters, Akhdachandi in the northwest corner at a distance of 2 meters, Bindusagar in the east at a distance of 1.5 meters and private residential buildings in the south. The stones that make up the temple remnants are mostly sandstone and laterite. The construction style is dry masonry.

Four detached sculptures are kept in the northern side of the ruins;one is a four armed Parvati holding rosary in her upper right hand and nagapasa in upper left hand. At the base the deity is flanked by two female attendants and two animals, on either side. On the top there are two flying vidyadhara on either side carrying garland in both hands. The second ditched sculpture is a four armed Ganesa sitting over a decorated pedestal, supported by an atlantad gana at the centre, which is flanked by two jackfruits. The deity is holding parsu in his upper left hand and modaka patra in lower left hand, while his upper right hand is holding a rosary and lower left hand is broken. Since the mouse mount is missing the deity may be ascribed to the 7th – 8th century AD. The third detached sculpture is a two armed Kartikeya sitting on a peacock in lalitasana. The fourth detached sculpture is a four-armed Narasimha image in his ugra form standing on a decorated pedestal. The image is weather beaten and features are not very clear. In front of the Narasimha is a deulacharini.