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Konark
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Konark
Konark
is a medium town in the
Puri district
in the state of
Odisha
,
India
. It lies on the coast by the
Bay of Bengal
, 65 kilometers from the capital of the state,
Bhubaneswar
. It is the site of the 13th-century
Sun Temple
, also known as the Black Pagoda, built in black
granite
during the reign of
Narasimhadeva-I
. The temple is a
World Heritage Site
. The temple is now mostly in ruins, and a collection of its sculptures is housed in the Sun Temple Museum, which is run by the
Archaeological Survey of India
.
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