Visit to Konarak Temple

It was a hot sunny morning, when we were off to the Konarak Sun Temple. This temple was built by the Eastern Ganga king, Narasimahdeva in the 13th century in Konarak (Orissa). This means that this temple was made because they wanted to worship the sun God to get a healthy son. The meaning of Konarak is that Kona is corner and Ark is sun, corner of the sun.

This temple is shaped like a chariot and has 24 wheels for 8 different stories. There are 7 horses for 7 rainbow colours and different sandstones and it is a symbolic temple dedicated to sun God. 

The carvings and sculptures are mainly of deities, musicians, birds, beasts, aquatic animals and mythological figures. It is mostly full of sympathy, kinship. affection and of the spirit that inspires the early Buddhist. The carvings are also of geometrical patterns and figures. The most common animals are, elephants, lions, and horses. The half- human and half serpent depict the strength and supernatural characteristics. 

I had a feeling of awe when we arrived in this temple. I felt I had an amazing experience of seeing something so old and massive!