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Konark Sun Temple

c. 1250 · 13th century

The Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century Hindu temple to the sun god Surya at Konark on the coast of Odisha, India, built around 1250 by the Eastern Ganga king Narasimhadeva I. It is designed as a giant stone chariot with twenty-four carved wheels drawn by seven horses. Its main tower has collapsed, but the surviving hall was declared a World Heritage Site in 1984.

Konark Sun Temple
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Eastern Ganga dynasty

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Konark Sun Temple. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/konark-sun-temple
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