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Konark Sun Temple

Konark, Puri District, Odisha Saura tradition

Served from the stored corpus. Last scan Sep 28, 2026. Next scan Oct 28, 2026.

Photograph

Earliest republishable photograph in this record.

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Photograph from the 1880s by William Henry Cornish showing the Konark Sun Temple mandapa from the east.

Mandapa from the east

William Henry Cornish photographed the mandapa from the east in the 1880s. This is the earliest photograph of Konark stored here.

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  1. 1880s Mandapa from the east
  2. 1880s Mandapa from the south
  3. 1890 Eastern doorway
  4. About 1890 Elephant gateway
  5. 1890 Horse statues
  6. About 1890 West side of the mandapa

1880s William Henry Cornish, 1880s. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Source and license

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Sanctum Unknown or insufficient evidence · Medium confidence No measured plan is stored. The sanctum is named from the secondary account, not from a drawing.