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HAIL TO THE SUN of KONARK
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Hinduism Today
12-31-2003
The world's finest Hindu Sun temple is also one of India's most innovative
architectural masterpieces. Though weathered by time, it continues to
shine.
NEAR THE HUGE 700-YEAR-OLD SUN temple of Konark on the Bay of Bengal in
Orissa, a small lake called the Chandrabhaga gently flows toward the sea
some 50 meters away. I can understand how tourists visiting this place
during non-festival times might consider it unspect...
