Konark is a medium-sized town in the Puri district in the state of Odisha, India.

It lies on the coast by the Bay of Bengal, 65 kilometres from the state capital Bhubaneswar.

On 16 February 1980, Konark lay directly on the path of a total solar eclipse.

[10] According to folklore, there was a diamond in the centre of the idol which reflected the sun rays that passed.

In 1627, the then Raja of Khurda took the Sun idol from Konark to the Jagannath temple in Puri.

He aligned himself as an ally of Akbar and an enemy of the Sultan of Bengal, Sulaiman Khan Karrani.