Follow the rainbow across the scintillating sea shore at
Konarkto the magnificent portals of a temple.
Thirty five km. to the north-east of Puri is the World Heritage Monument, the
Sun Temple of Konark.Twelve hundred craftsmen had toiled hard for 12 long years to erect this monumental wonder where 12 year's revenue was spent. Modeled after the floating chariot of the mythical Sun God, with twelve pairs of exquisitely carved stone wheels and seven galloping horses, the temple is a quintessence of imaginative craftsmanship of ancient Orissa. . And the kings, queens, generals, foot soldiers, sages, priests, elephants, horses, courtiers and courtesans depicted on the walls and the panels with finesse open a window to the nostalgic times of medieval Orissa.
