Konark Sun Temple sculpture is the body of stone relief and freestanding carving from the thirteenth century Hindu Sun temple at Konark in Puri district, Odisha, India, attributed to King Narasimhadeva I of the Eastern Ganga dynasty around 1250 CE. Dedicated to the sun god Surya, the temple was built in the form of a colossal stone chariot with immense carved wheels and horses, and its surviving structures carry intricate reliefs and freestanding figures in the Kalingan architectural idiom, including images of Surya, guardian deities, and courtly and erotic scenes for which the site is renowned. The sculpture represents the artistic high point of thirteenth century Eastern Ganga temple building on India's eastern coast.
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Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century CE Hindu Sun temple at Konark about 35 kilometres (22 mi) northeast from Puri city on the coastline in Puri district, Odisha, India.
- Has Member: Aditya Relief Cycle, Konark Sun Temple, own entity-description: "carved on the exterior walls of the jagamohana... of the Konark Sun Temple"
- Has Member: Standing Surya (National Museum, New Delhi, 50.178, from Konark), own entity-description: "sculpture of the sun god Surya from the Konark Sun Temple"
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