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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

Stored photograph. The earliest frame in this record is 1880s.

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Photograph from about 1890 showing the left half of the west side and roof of the Konark mandapa.

West side of the mandapa

Cornish photographed the left half of the west façade and the roof about 1890.

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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

About 1890 William Henry Cornish, about 1890. Public domain, Archaeological Survey of India, 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.