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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 ...
The Kaḷinga architectural style is a style of Hindu architecture which flourished in the ancient Kalinga previously known as Utkal and in ... Konark Sun Temple, ...
English: Konark Sun Temple is a 13th century Sun Temple (also known as the Black Pagoda), at Konark, in Orissa. It was constructed from oxidized and weathered ferruginous sandstone by King Narasimhadeva I (1238-1250 CE) of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty. The temple is an example of architecture of Orissa from Ganga dynasty .
According to folklore, there was a diamond in the centre of the idol which reflected the sun rays that passed. In 1627, the then Raja of Khurda took the Sun idol from Konark to the Jagannath temple in Puri. The Sun temple belongs to the Kalingan school of Indian temple architecture. The alignment of the Sun Temple is along the east–west ...
English: Konark Sun Temple is a 13th century Sun Temple (also known as the Black Pagoda), at Konark, in Orissa. It was constructed from oxidized and weathered ferruginous sandstone by King Narasimhadeva I (1238-1250 CE) of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty. The temple is an example of architecture of Orissa from Ganga dynasty .
The present Somnath temple was reconstructed in the Māru-Gurjara style of Hindu temple architecture in 1951. Veraval, Gujarat, India: 8 Konark Sun Temple: 130 [42] 230 before ruin [43] 13th century AD Konark Sun Temple (also known as the Black Pagoda), was built in black granite by King Narasimhadeva I (1236 C.E-1264 C.E.) of the Eastern Ganga ...
The jagamohana of the Konarka Sun Temple. A Jagamohana (Sanskrit: जगमोहन, romanized: jagamōhana), [1] [2] also rendered Jagamohana (Odia: ଜଗମୋହନ) is an assembly hall [3] in Hindu temple architecture, especially found in the region of Odisha. [4] [5]
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.