Licensed guides at the Konark gate who explain the iconography properly.
Konark Sun Temple entrance
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A 13th-century temple built as the sun god's chariot, with twenty-four carved stone wheels and seven horses, in ruins but astonishing.
2
A quiet, clean beach near Konark with a lighthouse, a bird-watching stretch and far fewer people than Puri.
3
A wide golden beach along the town, busy with pilgrims at dawn, sand artists in the afternoon and a lit promenade at night.
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One of the four Char Dham shrines, built in the 12th century, home to the wooden images of Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra.