#Didyouknow that the #KonarkSunTemple🌞 was originally built at the mouth of the river Chandrabhaga, but the waterline has receded since then. The monument was also called the Black Pagoda'(Kaala Pagoda) by the European sailors.

#KonarkSunTemple is a 13th-century CE #suntemple at #Konark about 35 kilometres northeast from #Puri on the coastline of #Odisha..
The temple is attributed to king Narasingha deva I of the #EasternGangaDynasty about 1250 CE..