{"id":84935,"date":"2020-02-14T16:07:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T10:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=13731"},"modified":"2020-02-14T16:07:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T10:37:57","slug":"conservation-plan-for-konark-temple-soon-says-culture-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/conservation-plan-for-konark-temple-soon-says-culture-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservation plan for Konark temple soon, says Culture Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Union Culture Minister has said that a plan to restore the Konark Sun temple in Odisha would be drawn up soon.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Konark Sun Temple:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Konark Sun Temple is located in East Odisha near the sacred city of Puri, Odisha.<\/li><li>It was built in the 13th century by King Narasimhadeva I (AD 1238-1264) of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty.The temple is dedicated to the Hindu God Surya.<\/li><li>The temple was given the status of a World Heritage Site in 1984 by UNESCO.<\/li><li>It is a classic example of the Odisha style of Architecture or Kalinga Architecture.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Major Characteristics of the Temple:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The temple has been built from Khondalite rocks.The temple complex has the appearance of a 100-foot high solar chariot, with 24 wheels and pulled by six horses all carved from stone.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The temple is carefully oriented towards the east so that the first rays of sunrise strikes the principal entrance.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The temple was also known as Black Pagoda due to its tower which appeared as black and was also used as a navigational landmark by sailors to Odisha.<\/li><li>Thousands of Hindu pilgrims gather here every year for the Chandrabhaga Mela.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Union Culture Minister has said that a plan to restore the Konark Sun temple in Odisha would be drawn up soon. Facts: About Konark Sun Temple: Konark Sun Temple is located in East Odisha near the sacred city of Puri, Odisha. It was built in the 13th century by King Narasimhadeva I (AD 1238-1264) of&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/conservation-plan-for-konark-temple-soon-says-culture-minister\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Conservation plan for Konark temple soon, says Culture Minister<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[956],"tags":[2047,1918],"class_list":["post-84935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schemes-and-programs","tag-konark-temple","tag-odisha","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700789625,"cached_date":1704636952},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84935\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}