Konark

On [[Solar eclipse of February 16, 1980|16 February 1980]], Konark lay directly on the path of a total [[solar eclipse]].<ref name=newsci>{{cite news|title=Solar Eclipse|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YwZY9SbRT8wC&q=konark+solar+eclipse&pg=PA422|access-date=25 October 2012|newspaper=New Scientist|date=13 August 1981}}</ref><ref name=indianastro>{{cite web|last=Kapoor|first=R. C.|title=Some Total Solar Eclipses Observed from India|url=http://www.iiap.res.in/solareclipse|publisher=Indian Institute of Astrophysics|quote=In that sense the Feb 16, 1980 eclipse was a great awakener post Independence that created an unprecedented excitement among persons from all walks of life. The path of totality fell over places in India such as Hubli, Raichur, Nalgonda and Konark etc.|access-date=25 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128034332/http://www.iiap.res.in/solareclipse|archive-date=28 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|author=Parkinson, John |title=What's wrong with the Sun? |date=24 April 1980 |magazine=New Scientist |volume= 86 |issue=1204 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=59-_mdEJoRkC&pg=PA200-IA3 200–204] }}</ref>

On [[Solar eclipse of February 16, 1980|16 February 1980]], Konark lay directly on the path of a total [[solar eclipse]].<ref name=newsci>{{cite news|title=Solar Eclipse|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YwZY9SbRT8wC&q=konark+solar+eclipse&pg=PA422|access-date=25 October 2012|newspaper=New Scientist|date=13 August 1981}}</ref><ref name=indianastro>{{cite web|last=Kapoor|first=R. C.|title=Some Total Solar Eclipses Observed from India|url=http://www.iiap.res.in/solareclipse|publisher=Indian Institute of Astrophysics|quote=In that sense the Feb 16, 1980 eclipse was a great awakener post Independence that created an unprecedented excitement among persons from all walks of life. The path of totality fell over places in India such as Hubli, Raichur, Nalgonda and Konark etc.|access-date=25 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128034332/http://www.iiap.res.in/solareclipse|archive-date=28 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|author=Parkinson, John |title=What's wrong with the Sun? |date=24 April 1980 |magazine=New Scientist |volume= 86 |issue=1204 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=59-_mdEJoRkC&pg=PA200-IA3 200–204] }}</ref>

==Etymolgy==

==Etymology==

[[File:Konark Sea Beach In odisha.jpg|left|thumb|Konark beach view]]

[[File:Konark Sea Beach In odisha.jpg|left|thumb|Konark beach view]]