- Followed the Kalinga style of architecture.
- Basic Features
- The exterior walls were lavishly decorated with intricate carvings, but interior walls were plain.
- There was no usage of pillars in the porch but iron girders were used instead to support the roof.
- The shikhara in the Odisha school was known as rekha deul. They were almost vertical roofs which suddenly curved inwards sharply.
- The mandap was known as jagamohan in this region.
- The ground plan of the main temple was square.
- Temples were surrounded by a boundary wall as in Dravidian style of temple architecture.
Konark Sun Temple
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