Konark, famous for the historical Sun Temple, is a small town located on the coast by the Bay of Bengal in the Puri district of Odisha state. It is about 70 Kilometers from the state capital, Bhubaneshwar. The town is famous for the Sun Temple built in 13th Century, during the reign of Narasimhadeva-I. Enlisted as a World Heritage Site, the Sun Temple houses a gigantic chariot of Surya, the Sun God, with twelve pairs of ornamented wheels, few of them 3 meters wide, pulled by seven horses, six of the seven horses stand even today. This temple, which is.....
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