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Konark certainly deserve an article, to begin with at least a stub page. I shall do that right now. --Bhadani 6 July 2005 16:13 (UTC)

Hello, I would most humbly request editors not to do any copyright violation, more so when important topics and articles are involved like the Konark, a World Heritage Site. In the zeal to edit, one should never do that – it is my appeal. Copyright violations ultimately defeat the purpose: such editors think that they are helping wikipedia and the users by placing a lot of information on a particular topic. But, when the copyright issue arises, all the information is lost. I suggest putting external link. Thanks.--Bhadani 6 July 2005 17:20 (UTC)

I've expanded the article considerably, turning it into an article on Konark, though of course the temple is the most important feature. Mel Etitis (Μελ Ετητης) 6 July 2005 18:55 (UTC)

map location[edit]

needs to be added —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tejas81 (talk • contribs) 03:31, 12 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Does anyone else see the coordinates as a garbled mess? I don't know how to fix it.--0rrAvenger 15:38, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

temple content moved[edit]

I saw there was a stub for "Konark Sun Temple," so I moved the information on the temple from this article to that one, with only a few cleanup changes.

Also, in briefly skimming the temple information, I noticed the phrase "elsewhere in this book" (in the discussion of the erotic sculptures) - seems rather alarming and probably indicates copyright violation. I left that sentence in place to call attention to the problem and will add this comment to that discussion page as well.

OrrAvenger - the coordinates look garbed to me, too, but sadly I have no idea how to fix it. -- HVH 22:15, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed coordinate. --GDibyendu (talk) 15:05, 13 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WP:INDIA Banner/Orissa Addition[edit]

Note: {{WP India}} Project Banner with Orissa workgroup parameters was added to this article talk page because the article falls under Category:Orissa or its subcategories. Should you feel this addition is inappropriate , please undo my changes and update/remove the relavent categories to the article -- Amartyabag ^TALK2ME 07:26, 3 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Story about temple construction[edit]

I've removed the story about the temple's construction since it is already present in the article about the temple itself. Blademasterx (talk) 02:23, 1 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sudehi The War Elephant[edit]

The statue of this huge elephant is in Konark Sun Temple built by #Narasingh_Dev_Pratham. The elephant is decorated with ornaments, it can be seen holding the king in his net.

According to legend, Langula Narasingh, King of Odisha, the First, fought a four-year war against the Turkish-Afghan invaders of northern India. He was known all over India for his huge army of elephants and was famous as the king of elephants "#Gajapati". Narasingheva always sat on his favourite elephant #Sudehi.

Once during the battle, Narasinghdev was hit by an arrow and lost consciousness on the battle field. Sudehi immediately grabbed his master by his noose and took the unconscious king safely to the Rajbaidya. The king survived and defeated the Mamluk dynasty of Delhi Sultanate by riding on Sudehi in the next war.

Narasinghadev had such a love for Sudehi that he carved this famous event in stone before the construction of Konark temple.

A postal stamp has also been issued by the Government of India on this incident. CuttackSatya (talk) 10:13, 26 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]