Temple of Kanarug; The sun temple at Konarak is one of the most famous of all India's temples; and considered a supreme achievement of Oriya architecture. Europeans in Fergusson's time knew it as the Black Pagoda; a reference to deserted sites that locals described as kala; meaning empty.Believed to have been built in the mid-13th century by Narasimhadeva of the Eastern Ganga dynasty; the temple lapsed into ruin when the 227 feet high main tower; collapsed.1847.From: Ancient Architecture in Hindoostan.X 472; plate 3London; British Library.
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