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A photo of the Konark Sun Temple in Odisha taken at around 6:30 AM on October 8th 2024. Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century CE Hindu Sun temple at Konark about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast from Puri city on the coastline in Puri district, Odisha, India. [1] [2] The temple is attributed to king Narasingha Deva I of the Eastern Ganga dynasty ...
Konark temple: listed as one of the World Heritage Sites by UNESCO, [2] the temples of Konark are the main attractions, providing a glimpse into the finest achievement of a lost masonry style. Chandrabhaga beach : one of the cleanest and most beautiful beaches in Odisha, it is the place of action for a lot of the legends behind Konark.
Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century Sun Temple[1] at Konark in Odisha, India. It is believed that the temple was built by king Narasimhadeva I of Eastern Ganga Dynasty[2] around 1250 CE.[3] The temple is in the shape of a gigantic chariot, having elaborately carved stone wheels, pillars and walls. A major part of the structure is now in ruins.
All ancient caves, structures and other monuments or remains situated on the Udaygiri and the Khandagiri hills (also: Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves) except the temple of Parasnath on the top of the Khandagiri hill and also the temple in front of the Barabhuji and the Trisula Caves More images: N-OR-63 Konark Sun Temple: Konark: AT/PO-Konark ...
English: Plan of the Sun Temple, Konark, Orissa, India 1. Main temple complex 1a. AudienceHall (Jagamohana, Pidha Deul) 1b. Main Sanctum (Garbha-Griha, Rekha Deul) 2. Dancing Hall (Nat-Mandap, Nata Mandir) 3. Offering Hall (Bhoga-Mandap, Bhog Mandir) 4. Mayadevi Temple 5. Vaishnava Temple Created on the base of the following sources:
In Odia folklore, Dharmapada was the son of a great architect named Bishu Maharana, who completed the construction of the Sun Temple at Konark, Odisha on the eastern coastline of India, in a single night to save 1,200 craftsmen from execution from the then King Langula Narasingha Deva I. Legends say he sacrificed his own life by jumping into ...
A sun temple (or solar temple) is a building used for religious or spiritual activities, such as prayer and sacrifice, dedicated to the sun or a solar deity. Such temples were built by a number different cultures and are distributed around the world including in India , [ 1 ] China , Egypt , Japan and Peru .
Today, they are most remembered as the builders of the world renowned Jagannath Temple of Puri and Konark Sun Temple situated in Odisha, as well as the Madhukeshwara temple of Mukhalingam, Nrusinghanath Temple at Simhachalam in erstwhile Kalinga and present-day Andhra Pradesh and Ananta Vasudeva Temple at Bhubaneswar. The Gangas have ...