Lokanatha Temple, Hindu temple in Puri, India.

Lokanatha Temple is a Hindu Shiva temple in Puri, Odisha, one of the five well-known Shiva temples of the town alongside Markandeswara, Jambeswar, Banambara and Kapalamochana. Its central icon is a linga kept permanently under water, which devotees link to the legend that the Ganges flows down through the top of the linga as a stream. The garbhagriha is two-thirds filled with water, and its festival icon, Bhandara Lokanatha, is kept in the Jagannath temple as guardian of Jagannath's treasures.

Lokanatha Temple is counted among the five Shiva temples of Puri, together with Markandeswara, Jambeswar, Banambara and Kapalamochana. Tradition holds that Rama himself set up the linga, which stays under water because the Ganges is said to flow onto its top as a stream. Its festival icon, Bhandara Lokanatha, is kept in the Jagannath temple as guardian of Jagannath's treasury.

The festival icon (utsava murti) of Lokanatha is kept inside the Jagannath Temple, where he is regarded as guardian of Jagannath's treasures and jewellery. In Puri, Lokanatha is one of five well-known Shiva temples, alongside Markandeswara, Jambeswar, Banambara and Kapalamochana. Devotees hold that seeing the linga can cure illness.

The sanctum stays flooded year-round, so the linga is normally seen only as a submerged form; on Pankodhar Ekadasi, the eleventh day of the dark fortnight of Phalguna, servitors drain the water and clear out the year's flowers, bel leaves and mud, and devotees get their one annual direct view before the chamber fills again ahead of Maha Shivaratri.

The sacred center holds a notable feature: the Shiva Lingam remains submerged in water throughout the year but is briefly revealed during Pankodhar Ekadasi. This annual moment allows devotees to see and worship the holy form directly on this special day.