File:Dibbesvara temple, Kalinga-style, Saripalli Andhra Pradesh 95.jpg

English: Kalinga was one of the influential regions in ancient India in an area that is now Odisha, Chattisgarh, east Telangana and northeast Andhra Pradesh. Various dynasties between the c. 4th century BCE to about the c. 8th-century CE ruled it (the Kalinga style continued between the 9th and 13th-centuries). Almost all of these were Hindu dynasties and they built some distinctive, spectacular temples as well patronized Buddhist and Jain monuments. There more lasting impact is found in Southeast Asia, through trade and migration of religious ideas. In parts of SE Asia, there influence was so extensive, that Indians were broadly called "klings" no matter which part of India they came from.

• Saripalli village of Vizianagaram district is about 10 kilometers northeast of Vizianagaram city. It is one of about twelve notable sites in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha area known for surviving or ruined Kalinga temples. The above temple and artwork is found in Saripalli.

• This Shiva temple illustrates 9th-century Nagara architecture in the Kalinga Rekha Deul style (Odisha). It has a square plan, a five bhumis shikhara, and follows the Sanskrit texts on vastu and silpa sastra.

• Notable reliefs here include Shiva, Mahisasuramardini, Kartikeya, Ganesha and Ekapdamurti – special to Kalinga temples. Ekapdamurti is Siva doing yoga standing on one leg. There are additional reliefs found in Odiya temples such as amorous couples, Nagas, Naginis, Nandi, and different forms of Shiva.

• The temple is likely the surviving structure of a larger complex that was here.