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Anantashayi Vishnu, also known as Anantashayana Vishnu (both literally "sleeping on the serpent Ananta"), is a large open air horizontal rock relief of the Hindu god Vishnu, carved during the early 9th century in Saranga village, under the Parjang police station, in the Dhenkanal district of Orissa, India.[1]

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  1. 33 relations: Angul district, Archaeological Survey of India, Bahubali, Bhauma-Kara dynasty, Bhubaneswar, Brahma, Brahmani River, Dhenkanal, Dhenkanal district, Elephanta Caves, Ellora Caves, Hindus, India, Kshira Sagara, Mace (bludgeon), Maharashtra, Mamallapuram, National Highway 42 (India), Odisha, Rajim, Reclining Buddha, Rock relief, Sandstone, Sanskrit, Shankha, Shesha, Sirpur Group of Monuments, South India, Sudarshana Chakra, Talcher, Tamil Nadu, Vaishnavism, Vishnu.

  2. 9th-century Hindu temples
  3. 9th-century establishments in India
  4. Archaeological monuments in Odisha
  5. Hindu temples in Dhenkanal district
  6. Rock reliefs in India

Angul district

Angul district; also known as Anugul, is one of the thirty districts of Odisha in eastern India.

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Archaeological Survey of India

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is an Indian government agency that is responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural historical monuments in the country.

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Bahubali

Bahubali was the son of Rishabhanatha (the first tirthankara of Jainism) and the brother of the chakravartin Bharata.

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Bhauma-Kara dynasty

The Bhauma dynasty, also known as Kara dynasty, ruled in eastern India between 8th and 10th centuries.

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Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha, located in the Khordha district.

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Brahma

Brahma (ब्रह्मा) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the trinity of supreme divinity that includes Vishnu and Shiva.

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Brahmani River

The Brahmani is a major seasonal river in the Odisha state of eastern India.

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Dhenkanal

Dhenkanal is a town and a municipality in Dhenkanal district in the state of Odisha, India.

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Dhenkanal district

Dhenkanal district is one of the 30 districts of the state of Odisha in Eastern India.

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Elephanta Caves

The Elephanta Caves are a collection of cave temples predominantly dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, which have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Ellora Caves

The Ellora Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India (now renamed to Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar district).

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Hindus

Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Kshira Sagara

In Hindu cosmology, the Kshira Sagara (italic) or Ocean of Milk is the fifth from the centre of the seven oceans.

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Mace (bludgeon)

A mace is a blunt weapon, a type of club or virge that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful strikes.

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Maharashtra

Maharashtra (ISO: Mahārāṣṭra) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau.

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Mamallapuram

Mamallapuram (also known as Mahabalipuram), is a town in Chengalpattu district in the southeastern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, best known for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of 7th- and 8th-century Hindu Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram.

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National Highway 42 (India)

National Highway 42 (NH 42), (previously part of old National Highways 205 and 219), is a major National Highway in India, that runs in the states of Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

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Odisha

Odisha (English), formerly Orissa (the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India.

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Rajim

Rajim is a town which is proposed to be in Raipur district but officially in Gariaband district, Chhattisgarh, India.

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Reclining Buddha

A reclining Buddha is an image that represents Buddha lying down and is a major iconographic theme in Buddhist art.

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Rock relief

A rock relief or rock-cut relief is a relief sculpture carved on solid or "living rock" such as a cliff, rather than a detached piece of stone.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Shankha

A shankha has religious ritual importance in Hinduism.

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Shesha

Shesha, also known by his epithets Sheshanaga and Adishesha, is a serpentine demigod (naga) and king of the serpents (Nagaraja), as well as a primordial being of creation in Hinduism.

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Sirpur Group of Monuments

Sirpur Group of Monuments are an archaeological and tourism site containing Hindu, Jain and Buddhist monuments from the 5th to 12th centuries in Mahasamund district of the state of Chhattisgarh, India.

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South India

South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area and 20% of India's population.

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Sudarshana Chakra

The Sudarshana Chakra is a divine discus, attributed to Vishnu in the Hindu scriptures.

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Talcher

Talcher, known as the "City Of Black Diamond" in Odisha, is a major industrial coal city and municipality.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (TN) is the southernmost state of India.

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Vaishnavism

Vaishnavism (translit-std) is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.

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Vishnu

Vishnu, also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.

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See also

9th-century Hindu temples

9th-century establishments in India

Archaeological monuments in Odisha

Hindu temples in Dhenkanal district

Rock reliefs in India

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anantashayana_Vishnu

Also known as Ananta Shayana, Anantashayana, Saranga, Anantashayana,Saranga, Anantashayi Vishnu.