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Konark

Also called: Konarka, Konaditya, Arka Kshetra, Black Pagoda

Sun temple on the coast of Odisha, built about 1250 by Narasimha Deva I of the Eastern Ganga dynasty in the form of the Sun's chariot with twenty-four wheels and seven horses. Local texts (Kapila Samhita, Brahma Purana) call the site Maitreyavana, Arka Tirtha and Konaditya and place Samba's cure there.

Sources: Konark: The Black Pagoda, K. S. Behera (Publications Division, Government of India, 2005); Wikipedia: Konark Sun Temple · see Konark's web

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Konark features

Dharmapada (Mortal) · Dharmapada and the crowning stone of Konark
The boy of the Konark legend.

Konark home of

Surya (God) · Samba is cured by the Sun and founds his temple
Konark is the Sun's field (Arka Kshetra) in Odisha tradition.

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Konark: The Black Pagoda, K. S. Behera (Publications Division, Government of India, 2005) § ch1 Scholarly
Wikipedia: Konark Sun Temple Encyclopedia