SUN TEMPLE

PRESENTED BY:- Anushree jain

Govind kumar
Nalini Badola
Ronit kumar
Sun Temple
Location - 35 K.M distance from PURI.
Architect Bisu Maharana (Head Architect) after
death Dharmapada the 12 year old son of Bisu Maharana .
Konark (Sun Temple) was built up in 12 Years by 12 hundred
artisans & architects .
Period 1250 AD
Construction - It was constructed from oxidized and weathered
ferruginous sandstone by King Narasimhadeva I (1238-1250
CE) of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty.
Sun Temple is also known as Konaditya. The name Konark is
derived form the words Kona Corner and Arka Sun.
Site Plan

lion
Elevation
WHEEL
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION

Style - INDO-ARYAN STYLE

Main Structure in Temple is DEUL & JAGAMOHANA.
a) DEUL GARBH GRIHA or REKHA DEUL
b) JAGAMOHANA MANDAPA or PIDA DEUL

c) NAT-MANDIR - DANCING HALL

d) BHOG-MANDIR - HALL OF OFFERING
 1. Vaishnav Brick Temple
(10th 11th Century A.D.)
2. Maya Devi Temple (12th
Century A.D.)
3. Sanctum (deul), Sun
Temple (Superstructure
collapsed)
4. Jagamohana (Intact)
5. Aruna Pillar (now in front
of Jagannath Temple, Puri)
6. Nat Mandir(Superstructure
Conjectural View of the Sun Temple, collapsed)
Konark
7. Bhog Mandir (Kitchen
complex Only basement exists)
8. Enclosure along with
entrances.
DEUL(GARBHA-GRIHA)

It was the Biggest structure in the

70 M
Temple Arena Of 70M height.
It was collapsed in 1837.
In its three sides it has three
subsidiary shrines with stairways
leading to niches, Each containing a
Life size image of SUN God
(Morning, Mid-day & Setting Sun).
Made up of Greyish-Green Chlorite
Stone.
JAGAMOHAN

It is a square plan based building

of 36x36 M & 40 M high.
It has largest internal Space in
Hindu Architecture of 20 m sq.
It has a vast hall inside , No longer
accessible.
Its corbelled roof, carried on four
mighty pillars of about 30 M high.
NAT-MANDIR

It was built on the same principal as of

JAGMOHANA standing on a plinth.
These halls were invariably of one story
only, and
The elevation consisted two parts :-
a) A cubical portion (BADA) below.
b) A Pyramidal roof above.
Its pyramidal roof stands on the four lion

square system of roof iron beams.

MATERIAL

Three different types of stone were used.

a) Chlorite was used in the door-frame.
b) Laterite was used in the foundation staircase and the centre of the
platform.
C) Khondalite, the most usual kind, was used elsewhere.
The stones were smoothly finished and then fitted together. They were
laid horizontally, placed one upon another, and joined together with
iron cramps & dowels.
The works was so perfect that the joints could hardly be seen. Designs
were carved on them only after that.