Odisha
Puri
Konark

Konark Sun Temple

Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century CE Sun temple at about 35 kilometres northeast from on the coastline in Puri district, Odisha, India.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: 13th century Surya Temple and UNESCO world heritage site in Odisha, India
  • Also known as: “Good Black Pagoda”, “Konarak Temple”, “Konarka Temple”, “Sun Temple”, “Surya Deula”, “Surya Temple”, and “Temple of the Sun”
  • Historically known as: “Black Pagoda”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Konark.

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or Konarak is a small town in Coastal Odisha, on the Bay of Bengal, 65 kilometres from , famous for its 13th-century Sun Temple and the Chandrabhaga River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kuruma.

Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small village in Coastal Odisha.

Konark Sun Temple

Latitude
19.88756° or 19° 53′ 15″ north
Longitude
86.09449° or 86° 5′ 40″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
7MF8V3QV+2Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 168244384
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
12173157
Wiki­data ID
Q752091
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Konark Sun Temple” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معبد الشمس”
  • Arabic: “معبدالشمس (كونارك)”
  • Armenian: “Կոնարակի արևի տաճար”
  • Assamese: “কোণাৰ্ক সূৰ্য মন্দিৰ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Konarakda Günəş Məbədi”
  • Bengali: “কোণার্ক সূর্য মন্দির”
  • Burmese: “ကိုနတ်ခ် နေဘုရားကျောင်း”
  • Catalan: “temple de Konarak”
  • Catalan: “Temple del Sol de Konark”
  • Chinese: “科納爾克”
  • Chinese: “科纳克太阳神庙”
  • Chinese: “科纳尔克”
  • Croatian: “Hram sunca u Konarku”
  • Croatian: “Konark”
  • Czech: “Sluneční chrám v Konáraku”
  • Czech: “Sluneční chrám v Kónárku”
  • Czech: “Sluneční chrám”
  • Dutch: “Zonnetempel van Konarak”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد الشمس”
  • Finnish: “Konarakin aurinkotemppeli”
  • French: “Pagode noire”
  • French: “temple de Sûrya”
  • French: “Temple de Sūrya”
  • Georgian: “კონარაკეს მზის ტაძარი”
  • German: “Sonnentempel von Konark”
  • Gujarati: “કોણાર્ક સૂર્ય મંદિર”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש השמש בקונארק”
  • Hindi: “कोणार्क सूर्य मंदिर”
  • Hindi: “कोणार्क सूर्य मन्दिर”
  • Hungarian: “Konáraki naptemplom”
  • Indonesian: “Kuil Matahari Konark”
  • Italian: “Tempio del Sole di Konarak”
  • Japanese: “コナーラクのスーリヤ寺院”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾಲ್ಕಾ-ಶಿಮ್ಲಾ ಪರ್ವತ ರೈಲುಮಾರ್ಗ”
  • Korean: “코나라크의 태양신 사원”
  • Lithuanian: “Konarko saulės šventykla”
  • Maithili: “कोणार्क सूर्य मन्दिर”
  • Malayalam: “കൊണാർക്ക് സൂര്യക്ഷേത്രം”
  • Malayalam: “കൊണാർക്ക്‌”
  • Maltese: “Tempju ta‘ Konarak”
  • Maltese: “Tempju tax-Xemx ta‘ Konarak”
  • Maltese: “Tempju tax-Xemx ta’ Konarak”
  • Marathi: “कोणार्क सूर्य मंदिर”
  • Nepali: “कोणार्क सुर्य मन्दिर”
  • Nepali: “कोणार्क सूर्य मन्दिर”
  • Oriya: “କୋଣାର୍କ ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ ମନ୍ଦିର”
  • Oriya: “କୋଣାର୍କ”
  • Oriya: “ବ୍ଳାକ ପାଗୋଡ଼ା”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੋਣਾਰਕ ਸੂਰਜ ਮੰਦਿਰ”
  • Persian: “پرستشگاه خورشید کونارک”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Słońca w Konarku”
  • Portuguese: “Templo do Sol em Konarak”
  • Russian: “Храм Солнца в Конараке”
  • Russian: “Храм Солнца”
  • Russian: “Храм Сурьи в Конараке”
  • Sanskrit: “कोणार्कमन्दिरम्”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱚᱬᱟᱨᱠ ᱪᱟᱸᱫᱚ ᱢᱩᱱᱫᱤᱨ”
  • Serbian: “Храм Сунца у Конарку”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hram sunca u Konarku”
  • Slovenian: “konarski tempelj”
  • Slovenian: “Sončni tempelj Konark”
  • Slovenian: “Sončni tempelj v Konarku”
  • Slovenian: “tempelj v Konarku”
  • Spanish: “Konarka”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Suria”
  • Swedish: “Soltemplet i Konarak”
  • Tamil: “கொனார்க் சூரியக் கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “கொனார்க் சூரியன் கோயில்”
  • Tatar: “Конарк Кояш гыйбадәтханәсе”
  • Telugu: “కోణార్క సూర్య దేవాలయం”
  • Telugu: “కోణార్క్ సూర్యదేవాలయం”
  • Thai: “โกณารักสูรยมนเทียร”
  • Turkish: “Konark Güneş Tapınağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм сонця в Конарку”
  • Urdu: “کونارک سوریا مندر”
  • Vietnamese: “Đền thờ Mặt Trời Konark”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Konark nga Templo han Adlaw”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Templo han Adlaw ha Konark”

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