Nilakantheswar Temple

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{{Infobox Hindu temple

| name = Nilakantheswar temple

| image = File:Nilakantheswar temple.jpg

| map_type = India Orissa

| map_caption = Location in Odisha

| coordinates = {{coord|19|14|34|N|83|49|05|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}

| country = India

| state = Odisha

| district =

| location = Padmapur

| deity = Lord Shiva

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| inscriptions = Bramhi

| year_completed = 07th century A.D.

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Nilakantheswar Temple at Padmapur, standing on the Jagamanda hills makes the village well known for the Buddhist temple. The temple is built on only seven rocks. There are also three other shiva temples, i.e. Pudukeswar, Dhabaleswar, and Mallikeswar, on the hillock. This 7th-century-old buddhist temple makes Padmapur a tourist center of Rayagada district.{{cite book|last=Patra|first=Dasarathy|title=Tribal Tourism and Culture|publisher=Orissareview-November,2011|pages=63–68|url=http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2011/Nov/engpdf/63-68.pdf|access-date=24 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624071037/http://odisha.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2011/Nov/engpdf/63-68.pdf|archive-date=24 June 2015|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |url=http://orissa-tourism.com/portal/TemplesMonuments/BuddhistMonuments.aspx |title="Identified as a tourist center of Rayagada district in Orissa Tourism Portal" |access-date=13 April 2014 |archive-date=2 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202044011/http://www.orissa-tourism.com/portal/TemplesMonuments/BuddhistMonuments.aspx |url-status=dead }} The temple is very often referred as shrine of Manikeswar Siva."Tourist attractions of Rayagada district" Recently a small cemented front hall has been added to the original structure.