Konark

Konark 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.
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  • Type: Residential area
  • Description: town and site of the 13th-century Sun Temple
  • Also known as: “Kanarak”, “Konārak”, “Konarka”, “Soltemplet i Konarak”, “Svarta pagoden”, “কোনারক”, “కోణార్క”, “ಕೊಣಾರ್ಕ”, “ಕೊನಾರಕ್”, “ಕೋನಾರ್ಕ”, “ಕೋನಾರ್ಕ್ ಸೂರ್ಯ ದೇವಾಲಯ”, “コナラク”, and “太阳神庙”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Konark Sun Temple.

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Konark

Latitude
19.8912° or 19° 53′ 28″ north
Longitude
86.0971° or 86° 5′ 50″ east
Population
16,800
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
7MF8V3RW+FV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 488373056
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Geo­Names ID
1266220
Wiki­data ID
Q749189
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Konark” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كونارك”
  • Asturian: “Konark”
  • Bengali: “কোণার্ক”
  • Bishnupriya: “কোনার্ক”
  • Catalan: “Konark”
  • Cebuano: “Konārka”
  • Chinese: “科奈克太陽神廟”
  • Chinese: “科納克太陽神廟”
  • Chinese: “科纳克太阳神庙”
  • Chinese: “科纳尔克”
  • Czech: “Konárak”
  • Dutch: “Konark”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كونارك”
  • Esperanto: “Konarako”
  • Finnish: “Konarak”
  • French: “Konârak”
  • French: “Konark”
  • German: “Konark”
  • Hebrew: “קונארק”
  • Hindi: “कोणार्क”
  • Indonesian: “Konark”
  • Italian: “Konark”
  • Japanese: “コナーラク”
  • Kannada: “ಕೊನಾರ್ಕ್”
  • Korean: “코나라크”
  • Ladin: “Konark”
  • Malagasy: “Konark”
  • Malay: “Konark”
  • Marathi: “कोणार्क”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Konark”
  • Oriya: “କୋଣାର୍କ”
  • Pampanga: “Konark”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੋਨਾਰਕ”
  • Persian: “کونارک”
  • Polish: “Konark”
  • Polish: “Świątynia Surji w Konarak”
  • Romanian: “Konark”
  • Russian: “Конарак”
  • Sanskrit: “भारतस्य सूर्यमन्दिराणि”
  • Sinhala: “කොනාරක්”
  • Slovenian: “Konark”
  • Spanish: “Konark”
  • Swedish: “Konarak”
  • Swedish: “Konark”
  • Tamil: “கொனார்க்”
  • Telugu: “కోణార్క్”
  • Urdu: “کونارک”
  • Vietnamese: “Konark”

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