World renowned for the magnificent Sun temple, Konark city is thronged by tourists of both local and international ethnicity for its unparallel instance of the religious architecture in the world. Built by King Narasimhadeva in the 13th century, the glory of the Sun temple was worded aptly by poet Rabindranath Tagore as ‘here the language of stone surpasses the language of man’, justifying any tourist’s experience of Konark, which is impossible to translate into words. Konark is also famous for its stone and woodcarvings, patta paintings and appliqué work of Pipli.