Khandagiri  April 21, 23014: Digambara Jaina Temple is a Jain temple in Bhubaneswar, in the state of Odisha, India. The temple is situated on the top of the hill Khandagiri that is honey-combed with a series of rock-cut Jaina caves, those were commissioned by King Kharavela in 1st century BCE. The rock-cut caves are protected by Archaeological Survey of India, but the present Digambara temple is maintained by the Bengal, Bihar and Odisha Digambara Jaina Tirthankara Committee. This temple faces east. The enshrining deities are a series of Jaina tirthankara images.

Local legends ascribe the temple to Mahameghabahana Kharavela of 1st century BCE. This however does not hold any ground on account of the architectural features.

The temple, which faces east, is surrounded by Rushavanath temple in the south at a distance of 3.50 metres, northern compound wall at a distance of 2.50 metres and western compound wall at a distance of 11.50 metres.

The temple stands on a lofty platform that measures 16.00 metres in length x 9.50 metres in width with a height of 1.62 metres. On plan, the temple has a vimana and a jagamohana. The vimana measures 8.25 square metres and jagamohana measures 6.40 metres in length x 9.40 metres in breadth. This temple is triratha on plan. It is distinguished by central raha and kanika pagas on either sides. On elevation, the vimana is pidha deula that measures 5.80 metres in height from pabhaga to mastaka. The temple has panchanga bada. From bottom to top the temple has a pabhaga, talajangha, bandhana, upara jangha, baranda, gandi and mastaka. The pabhaga measures 0.47 metres, talajangha 0.42 metres, bandhana 0.16 metres, upara jangha 0.40 metres and baranda 0.45 metres. The gandi measures 1.80 with seven receding tiers arranged in two sets (potala); lower potala has four tiers and upper potala with three tiers and mastaka measures 2.10 metres.

There are no parsvadevata niches and the walls are plain and without any sculptural embellishments and having a balustrated window in the northern side wall and this window are decorated with a series of pidha mundi.