It is about twenty feet (6.1 m) away from the Singhdwara (Lion Gateway) of Jagannath Temple in Puri.

[3] It is an important Landmark of Puri and the pilgrims and devotees worship it with great reverence.

Above this are two gradually diminishing square slabs surmounted by the idol of Aruna in the act of praying to the god Sun.

[4] According to Madala Panji, Chronicle of Jagannath Temple, mentioned that the Aruna Stambha was brought from the Konark (Sun temple) during the reign of Bhoi king Dibyasingha Deva II by the Maratha guru 'Brahmachari Gosain' and erected here in front of Singhadwara.

[5] In 1815 the artists of Colin Mackenzie preparing a sketch of the Pillar at Puri on 26 April.