3D print Lingaraja Temple
A free, printable model of Lingaraja Temple, its tall ribbed tower and stepped hall roofs, with the streets and buildings around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About Lingaraja Temple
Lingaraja Temple, dedicated to Shiva, is a Hindu temple in Bhubaneswar, which is the capital of Odisha, an Indian state. Among the city's temples it is one of the oldest, and it is also the biggest. It is described as the most prominent landmark of Bhubaneswar and one of the state's major tourist attractions. The temple is said to represent the quintessence of Kalinga architecture, as the end point of the medieval stages of Bhubaneswar's architectural tradition.
Its style is Deula, with four components in axial alignment: the vimana (the structure containing the sanctum), the jagamohana (assembly hall), the natamandira (festival hall) and the bhoga-mandapa (hall of offerings). From the hall of offerings to the sanctum tower, the units increase in height. Facing east, the temple is constructed of khondalite and laterite, and a laterite compound wall encloses it, 160 m (520 ft) by 142 m (465 ft). Each inch of the tower is sculpted, and the entrance porch has a gate whose door is sandalwood.
In its present form the temple goes back to the final decade of the 11th century, though some texts suggest part of it was built in the sixth century CE. The assembly hall, sanctum and tower were built in the eleventh century and the hall of offerings in the twelfth. Kings of the Somavamsi dynasty are believed to have built it, plus further additions by the Ganga rulers. It is active in worship, and non-Hindus cannot enter the compound, though a viewing platform beside the wall offers a view of the main exteriors.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 15 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 19 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 24 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Ribbed tower and thin finial
- The tall curved tower has fine vertical ribs and ends in a thin finial. Print friendly adapts the tip to your print scale, and Full detail keeps it; use 0.12 to 0.16 mm layers and print slowly near the top.
- Stepped roofs and carved walls
- The hall roofs are built from many stepped layers, and the walls carry small carved details. A larger print keeps these layers distinct.
- One piece with the ground
- Lingaraja Temple is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. Lingaraja Temple takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
Lingaraja Temple is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a Lingaraja Temple STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. Lingaraja Temple grows with the print: about 15 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
