 In form, the temple resembles the Lingaraj temple, but includes "vaishnavite" (Lord Vishnu related) sculptures.The temple has longitudinal bands of miniature "shikharas" (shrines), exactly like those in Lingaraj temple, with the minor difference that the number of the "shikharas" forming one longitudinal band in its case is only three.The sculpture in the exterior walls varies in character in each temple in Bhubaneswar.