Konark Sun Temple
Sculpture of horseOk, so today’s topic is about Konark Sun Temple, Orissa. This is one of famous heritages in India and there is a long history behind this temple. I went there on 24th November 2018. What I came to know, I want to share with you. The Konark Sun Temple is about 35 kilometres towards northeast from Puri. So I booked a car for a round trip, Puri-Konark-Puri because my hotel was in Puri.
The temple was made by king of Eastern Ganga Dynasty, Narasingha Deva 1 in about 1250 CE and this temple was dedicated to one of the gods of Hindu religion, Lord Surya (Sun). If you see the temple from drone view, you can recognize that this sun temple looks like a chariot with 24 wheels and is being pulled by 7 horses. Those 7 horses were named as Brihati, Gayatri, Jagati, Ushnih, Pankti, Trishtubha and Anustubha. Konark Sun Temple is about 200 ft high and designed completely in the style of Orissa’s style of architecture, also known as Kalinga Architecture. Whenever you come to Puri, you must visit this place.
But the most interesting thing is that Lord Sun has never been worshipped since the temple was made. It took 12 years and 1200 workers to build the temple. At the top temple there was Golden framed round about called DADHI NAUTI which needs to be installed. After so many tries they were unable to fix it. Chief Architect Bisu Maharana was in immense tension because pressure and tension because King Nara Singha Deva I has already given a deadline to finish the temple and if they fail, he would kill all the 12 workers.
The wheelsOn the last night before the deadline Dharmabrata, a 12 year old boy came to Bisu Maharana and introduced himself as his son. This was the first time Bisu saw his son in last 12 years. Dharmabrata climbed up to the temple and installed the DADHUI NAUTI and gave his life by jumping from the temple top to the river Chandrabhaga, that was flowing just beside the temple. Since then the temple became unholy and that is the reason Lord Sun had never been worshipped in the temple. People say that Dharmabrata was the Avatar of Lord Sun to demolish the ego of King Nara Singha Deva I.
elephan sculpturesInside the temple, there is complete iron structure and the Idol of lord Surya(Sun) was made from the alloy 8 metals, which is known as ASTADHATU (ASTA – 8 & DHATU – Metal), There is no base of the idol. It was completely suspended into mid air by powerful magnets. Now the idol is not there. Why the magnets were there? Those are the highly powerful magnets, therefore the compasses of the ships were not showing the proper direction and as a result of that they couldn’t find the temple. But Kalapahad, the great destroyer found 
Differen sex positions of Kamasutrathe temple and took the DADHI NAUTI from the top of the temple and destroyed so many areas around the temple. Now if you go there, you can see that Chandrabhaga River has gone away near about 2 km from Konark Sun Temple. Due to climate change and other natural changes the sculptures of the temple are being faded or destroyed day by day. The Government is working always to keep this heritage in its place
Sex PositionsIf you put attention on the architecture of the temple you will find different designs for the people of different age groups. For the kids you can find sculptures of elephants, horses and other animals at the bottom area of the temple by calculating the height. For the young age groups there are sexual designs. The Famous KamaSutra is being portrayed on the 
walls of the temple not only that, what are the effects of doing so much sex, after delivery of baby how the ladies make themselves clean, what the ladies use at the time of their periods and so many other daily life routines are being designed as sculptures on the outside wall.
You can say this is just a trailer of a movie. If you go there, there are some govt. Registered guides to describe the history. They describe it in very short but still it takes one hour to do one round of the temple. Please share you valuable comments about this. 
Me (Right) with the Guide
Ayan Ghosh
2022
