Konark
The Stone Chariot
Gateway town: Puri
Portrait
The Sun Temple was raised around 1250 as a chariot with twenty-four carved wheels and seven horses, and its wheels work as sundials accurate to the minute. The main tower collapsed centuries ago and the sea has retreated three kilometres; what stands is the assembly hall, and the erotic carvings on its plinth are as famous as the astronomy.
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