A photograph dated 1890 shows the eastern doorway of the Konark mandapa.
Photographic evidence · High confidence
· 1890 · Sanctum
The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.
Photograph of the eastern doorway of the Konark mandapa, 1890, Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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The file title names the doorway and the year. The photographer is not named on this file.
A photograph dated 1890 shows two horse statues at the Konark Sun Temple.
Photographic evidence · High confidence
· 1890 · Sanctum
The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.
Photograph of two horse statues near the ashvadvara of the Konark temple, 1890, Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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The file title names the horses and the year. The photographer is not named on this file.
Konark Sun Temple is identified at Konark, Odisha.
Documented fact · Medium confidence
· Catalog identification · Sanctum
Name and catalog coordinates come from the cited secondary article. They are not a surveyed benchmark.
Konark Sun Temple, English Wikipedia, retrieved 27 September 2026.
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A compiled secondary article used to identify the place. Not an inscription, survey, or archival photograph.
William Henry Cornish photographed a stone elephant at the Konark elephant gateway about 1890.
Photographic evidence · High confidence
· About 1890 · Sanctum
The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.
William Henry Cornish, photograph of a stone elephant at the Konark elephant gateway, about 1890, Archaeological Survey of India, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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The file description identifies the elephant statues near the gajadvara and names Cornish. It is not a measured survey.
William Henry Cornish photographed the Konark mandapa from the east in the 1880s.
Photographic evidence · High confidence
· 1880s · Sanctum
The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.
William Henry Cornish, photograph of the Konark mandapa from the east, 1880s, Archaeological Survey of India / British Library, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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The file title names the east view, the mandapa, and the photographer. The year is given as the 1880s, not a day.
William Henry Cornish photographed the Konark mandapa from the south in the 1880s.
Photographic evidence · High confidence
· 1880s · Sanctum
The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.
William Henry Cornish, photograph of the Konark mandapa from the south, 1880s, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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The file title names the south view and the photographer. It is not a measured survey.
William Henry Cornish photographed the west side of the Konark mandapa about 1890.
Photographic evidence · High confidence
· About 1890 · Sanctum
The file page gives the photographer, the date, and the license. The photograph shows the temple. It is not a survey.
William Henry Cornish, photograph of the west façade and roof of the Konark mandapa, about 1890, Archaeological Survey of India, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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The file description says Cornish made this frame for the Archaeological Survey about 1890. It shows the left half of the west side, not the whole building.