Tag: Konark Sun Temple

Govt to fund vacations of frequent travellers

Keeping the view in mind, the Centre has decided to reward those travellers who visit 15 different domestic tourist spots in a year.

January 28, 2020

Konark temple row: Union minister Mahesh Sharma says not a single piece of stone removed by ASI

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik had written to the minister urging him to order a probe into allegations that ASI replaced original stone carvings at the Konark Sun Temple with plain stones

November 11, 2018

ASI replaced stone carvings at Konark Sun Temple? Odisha CM writes to Centre seeking probe

CM Naveen Patnaik has also requested Union Minister of State for Culture Dr Mahesh Sharma to direct the ASI to immediately take appropriate steps for preservation and conservation of the World Heritage monument

November 11, 2018

Journalist Abhijit Iyer Mitra arrested for comments on Konark Sun Temple, Odisha culture

Sent to 14-day judicial custody; police whisked away the Delhi-based journalist after he presented himself and apologised before an Odisha Assembly committee that had summoned him for his alleged derogatory comments

October 24, 2018

Engulfed in sheer beauty

The Konark Sun temple built in 1250 is an architectural marvel. The walls of the temple are adorned with statuettes of dancers in different poses, with their unmistakable aesthetic connection to the Odissi form that one is familiar with. Odisha Tourism could not have chosen a better venue and time than now to hold its …

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December 15, 2017