A common legend is that the sculptures were built after the kalinga war to promote love making due to the huge loss of lives. There are no concrete explanations for the presence of these sculptures on the outer walls of the temple. Konark sun temple has an abundance of erotic sculptures known as mithuna sculptures.
Thousands of new high quality pictures added every day. Find konark sun temple stock images in hd and millions of other royalty free stock photos illustrations and vectors in the shutterstock collection. Twitter prasadk2k the archaeological survey of india asi pushed back against allegations that it may have deliberately replaced some of the stone sculptures on the surface of odisha s sun temple at konark with plain stone slabs.
The 2 images shown in the tweet are from different locations the asi said in its tweet on monday. Add to likebox 114349679 walls in hindu temples. 107567182 diminutive sculpture work on stone wall at sun temple in konark.
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Dedicated to the hindu sun god surya what remains of the temple complex has the appearance of a 100 foot 30 m high chariot with. The temple is attributed to king narasimhadeva i of the eastern ganga dynasty about 1250 ce. Konark sun temple konark surya mandir is a 13th century ce sun temple at konark about 35 kilometres 22 mi northeast from puri on the coastline of odisha india.
