Sun Temple
A chariot of stone for the sun god, its twelve carved wheels accurate enough to tell the time.
- Where
- Konark, Odisha, India
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 19.8876, 86.0945
Get the Sun Temple stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Sun Temple. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Odisha volume with your photos and a note.
Near Sun Temple
Chandrabhaga Beach 3.1 km
Three kilometres from the sun temple, where the sun is worshipped at dawn on Magha Saptami.
Gundicha Temple 28 km
The garden house Jagannath is taken to for nine days in Ashadha, empty the rest of the year.
Raghurajpur 28 km
Every house paints pattachitra.
Puri Beach 30 km
Sand art, and the sea before the temple.
Jagannath Temple 30 km
Where the deities are rebuilt from neem wood every twelve to nineteen years, and the old ones buried in the temple grounds.
Pipili 37 km
Applique, in colours you can see from the road.
Dhauli 43 km
Where Ashoka's edicts are cut into rock above the Daya river, on the battlefield that turned him from war.
Chausath Yogini Temple, Hirapur 43 km
A roofless circle of sixty four yoginis, ninth century, and only twenty five metres across.
Questions
Where is Sun Temple?
Sun Temple is in Konark, Odisha. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Chandrabhaga Beach (3.1 km), Gundicha Temple (28 km), Raghurajpur (28 km).
How do I get the Sun Temple stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Sun Temple and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Odisha volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Sun Temple before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Odisha volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.