Anantavarman Chodaganga

Regnal name
	Kunjaradhipati Gangesvara Anantavarman Chodaganga deva

Anantavarman Chodaganga
Anantavarman Chodaganga
Raja Parameswara, Trikalingaadhipati, Gangesvara, Paramavaishnava, Paramabhattaraka, Paramabrahmanya, Kunjaradhipati
	Sculpture of Chodaganga Deva at Chudanga Sahi, Puri
Eastern Ganga Emperor
Reign	17 February 1078–1150
Coronation	February 17, 1078
Predecessor	Rajaraja Deva I
Successor	Kamarnnava Deva
Born	Kalinganagari, Kalinga, Eastern Ganga dynasty (modern day Srimukhalingam, Andhrapradesh)
Died	1150; Kataka, Kalinga, Eastern Ganga dynasty, (modern day Cuttack,Odisha)
Spouse	Chodadevi; ; Kasturikamodini; Indira devi; Lakshmi; Chandralekha;
Issue	Kamarnnava Deva; Raghava; Raja Raja II; Aniyanka Bhima;
Regnal name
Regnal name
	Kunjaradhipati Gangesvara Anantavarman Chodaganga deva
House	Eastern Ganga dynasty
Father	Rajaraja Deva I
Mother	Rajasundari
Religion	Hinduism

Gangesvara Anantavarman Chodaganga Deva (reigned 17 February 1078 – 1150) was an Eastern Ganga monarch who reigned between 1078 and 1150. He was a great patron of arts and architecture who built many temples, one of them being the magnificent Jagannath Temple^[2] in Puri. He was the ruler of the Kalinga region from river Ganga to Godavari^[3] and later the early medieval Odisha region with the incorporation of the constituent regions with the decline of the Somavamshis.^[4]^[5] He is often considered as the founder and significant ruler of Eastern ganga dynasty.^[2]

^ "Full text of "Historical Inscriptions Of Southern India"". Internet Archive. Kitabistam,Allahabad. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
^ ^a ^b Tripathy, Dr. Kunjabihari (1972). "No 1 - Introduction". A Brief History of Oriya Literature. Vol. 1 -Part I. Berhampur-1, Ganjam ,Odisha: Bijoy Book Store. pp. e–f.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^ Haldar, Narotam (1988). Gangaridi - Alochana O Parjalochana.
^ Rajaguru, Satyanarayan (1960). Inscriptions of Orissa, Volume III, Part I. Bhubaneswar: Orissa Sahitya Akademi. pp. 174, 175.
^ * Walter Smith (1994). The Mukteśvara Temple in Bhubaneswar. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 26. ISBN 978-81-208-0793-8.

[p264-1] "Full text of "Historical Inscriptions Of Southern India"". Internet Archive. Kitabistam,Allahabad. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2025.

[:0-2] Tripathy, Dr. Kunjabihari (1972). "No 1 - Introduction". A Brief History of Oriya Literature. Vol. 1 -Part I. Berhampur-1, Ganjam ,Odisha: Bijoy Book Store. pp. e–f.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)

[3] Haldar, Narotam (1988). Gangaridi - Alochana O Parjalochana.

[4] Rajaguru, Satyanarayan (1960). Inscriptions of Orissa, Volume III, Part I. Bhubaneswar: Orissa Sahitya Akademi. pp. 174, 175.

[5] * Walter Smith (1994). The Mukteśvara Temple in Bhubaneswar. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 26. ISBN 978-81-208-0793-8.

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