sun temple in Konark (east coast)

This temple is from the 13th century and is a chariot carrying the sun god. One of the most interesting things about it is that it is covered in erotic sculptures, which seems like quite a diversion from this incredibly conservative culture... (In an effort to keep my blog clean, I did not post any photos of these sculptures, sorry to disappoint some of you.)


one of the chariot wheels


the top of the temple


elephant carvings