Panchalingeshwar Temple

The Panchalingeshwar Temple is located in Balasore district of Orissa. Panchalingeswar is 30 km from Balasore and 85 km from Baripada. It is situated on the Nilgiri Hills.There are regular transport facilities plying from Balasore and Baripada.You will see the natural water fall & hills around the aerie. So many visitor cams every yare .It is the best picnic place in India. It so named after the five Shivalinga that are enshrined inside temple is located on top of a hillock near the Nilagiri hill.The Shivalingas are said to have been defend by Sita,the wife of Lord Rama during the period of their exile while another story holds that it was King Banasura himself who worshipped the swayambhu lingas at this place given the beauty of the place.A perennial stream, which is the main attraction of the area repeatedly, washes the Shivalingas as it flows over them. To reach to the temple one has to lie flat on the rock parallel to the stream in order to touch and worship the lingas as these are inside water stream.