Astasambhu Shiva Temples is an assortment of eight (8) Hindu sanctuary devoted to Lord Shiva.The 8 principle Shiva lingams that are found in these 8 sanctuaries are “Kanakeswar”, “Swapneswar”, “Aisneswar”, “Kapileswar”, “Baidhyanatheswar”, “Baneswar” and “Lokanatheswar”. “Astasambhu Temple” is one of the 8 sanctuaries that are inside the space of the Uttareswara Temple. In the Uttareswara Shiva Temple complex there are 8 sanctuaries of indistinguishable size and measurement privately known as “Astasambhu”. “Asta” signifies eight and “Sambhu” alludes to another name of Lord Shiva. Five of them are orchestrated in one arrangement are otherwise called “Panch Pandava”.

Astasambhu Temple houses a bunch of 8 Shiva lingams made of valuable stones. Every last one of them is of an alternate tone. Some are white while some are red and dark. Along these lines they are exceptionally interesting to fans. The Shiva Lingas have all the earmarks of being uninterested tones when taken a gander at from various bearings because of the impression of the Sun, their shading changes.

Astasambhu sanctuary was built in the tenth century AD. Dhenekal, the town wherein the sanctuary is arranged right now, had the capital of Kualo or Karmula in the previous days. The Kualo realm was then administered by the shuls lords, who were the relatives of the Bahmukar age of rulers. Master Shiva was the principle god of the Bahmukar rulers; henceforth these sanctuaries came to be tended to as the Astasambhu sanctuaries. Astasambhu Temple has a place with the Kalinga engineering style. The fundamental material utilized for building is dim sandstone and dry workmanship was the strategy utilized in this sanctuary. The Astasambhu Temple contains a vimana and a patio confronting the front side. The vimana is 4.15m tall. The feature of this sanctuary is that, here, the gods and the compositional style is straightforward and has no trimmings on it, making it look even more quiet and old.