Konark will now light up its Sun Temple with solar energy

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• Konark is going to be the first model town in Odisha to shift from grid dependency to green energy.

• Odisha is also the first state in the country to include climate in its budget for 2020-21.

• Temple represents a chariot of the Sun God, with twelve pairs of wheels drawn by seven horses evoking its movement across the heavens.

• It belongs to the Kalinga School of Indian Temples and was built in the thirteenth century under the reign of Narasimha Deva.

• It forms part of the golden triangle of Odisha, along with Puri and Bhubaneswar

• The temple is a World Heritage Site and is situated in the eastern state of Odisha and is dedicated to the Sun God temple.