Konark Sun Temple

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Hindu temple Sun temple UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural heritage site

Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century UNESCO World Heritage Site in Odisha, India, famed for its monumental chariot-shaped architecture dedicated to the Hindu sun god Surya.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Konark Sun Temple canonical 9
Konark 4
Sun Temple, Konark 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu temple ⓘ
Sun temple ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
architecturalStyle Kalinga architecture ⓘ
Odishan temple architecture ⓘ
associatedFestival Chandrabhaga Mela ⓘ
Magha Saptami fair ⓘ
builderDynasty Eastern Ganga dynasty ⓘ
builtBy Narasimha Deva I ⓘ
centuryOfConstruction 13th century ⓘ
constructionEnd c. 1250 ⓘ
constructionStart c. 1238 ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
dedicatedTo Surya ⓘ
district Puri district ⓘ
facingDirection east ⓘ
famousFor chariot-shaped architecture ⓘ
erotic sculptures ⓘ
stone carvings ⓘ
governingBody Archaeological Survey of India ⓘ
hasStructure Natmandir (prayer hall) ⓘ
surface form: Jagamohana (assembly hall)

Natmandir (prayer hall) ⓘ
surface form: Natamandira (dancing hall)

sanctum tower (now collapsed) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage Odia ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
locatedIn India ⓘ
Konark Sun Temple self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Konark

Orissa ⓘ
surface form: Odisha

Puri district ⓘ
mainDeity Surya ⓘ
materialUsed khondalite stone ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody Bay of Bengal ⓘ
numberOfStoneHorses 7 ⓘ
numberOfStoneWheels 24 ⓘ
partiallyRuined true ⓘ
partOf Puri ⓘ
surface form: Golden Triangle of Odisha tourism
religion Hinduism ⓘ
shapedAs stone chariot ⓘ
state Orissa ⓘ
surface form: Odisha
symbolizes Surya’s celestial chariot ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteCriteria (i) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 246 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteRegion Asia-Pacific ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteType Cultural ⓘ
yearOfInscription 1984 ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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eastern India → hasHistoricalSite → Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern India
eastern India → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern India
Orissa → contains → Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
Orissa → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
Surya (sun) in Hinduism → majorTemple → Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
subject surface form: Surya
Surya → majorTemple → Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
Uttarayan complex → hasPart → Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
subject surface form: Uttarayan Complex
this entity surface form: Konark
Konark Sun Temple → locatedIn → Konark Sun Temple self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Konark
Nagara style → notableExample → Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sun Temple, Konark
Shikhara → seenInFamousTemples → Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
Eastern Ganga dynasty → notableWork → Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sun Temple, Konark
Eastern Ganga dynasty → associatedCity → Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Konark
Eastern Ganga dynasty → heritage → Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Sun Temple, Konark)
Coastal Odisha → hasReligiousSite → Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
Coastal Odisha → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
Puri district → contains → Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Konark
Puri district → hasLandmark → Konark Sun Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sun Temple, Konark