SURYA MANDIR-A MASTERPIECE OF MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE
SURYA MANDIR AT KONARAK IS A POPULAR SITE BECAUSE OF ITS ARTISTIC MERIT
AS WELL AS ITS HISTORICAL AND TRADITIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.IT IS ASSOCIATED
WITH A MYTHOLOGY OF HEALING. IT IS DEDICATED TO THE SUN GOD OR SURYA.
THERE ARE THREE IMAGES OF THE SUN GOD, POSITIONED TO CATCH THE RAYS OF
THE SUN AT DAWN, NOON & SUNSET.