Anantavarman Chodaganga of the Eastern Ganga dynasty began the present complex after his conquest of Utkala in 1112, and temple records credit the legendary King Indradyumna with the first temple. The infobox gives completion in 1161, the body says around 1150, and a footnote says approximately 1135 to 1150. The article names no architects or builders.
It is Kalinga architecture in the Rekha Deula style, with a curvilinear tower about 214 feet (65 m) high and tiered, pyramidal mandapa roofs. The Nila Chakra, an eight-spoked disc made of an alloy of eight metals, sits on the tower and is 11.5 feet (3.5 m) tall. The outer wall is 20 feet (6.1 m) high, and four gates face the cardinal directions.
The infobox gives a 10-acre site and the text more than 400,000 square feet (37,000 m²), which do not match. The article says non-Hindus, other than Jains, Sikhs and Buddhists, and foreigners may not enter, a long-running and disputed rule.
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