3D print Konark Sun Temple
A free, printable model of the Konark Sun Temple, its stepped roof and wheeled platform, and the open ground and paths around it, generated from real map data in your browser.
Free, in your browser. Exports a slicer-ready 3MF.
About Konark Sun Temple
At Konark, about 35 km (22 mi) northeast of Puri on the coast of Odisha, India, stands a Hindu temple of the 13th century dedicated to the Sun god Surya. Narasingha Deva I, a king of the Eastern Ganga dynasty, is credited with it, about 1250 CE. The temple's other name is Surya Devalaya, and it is a classic example of the Odisha, or Kalinga, style of architecture. European sailors called it the "Black Pagoda" as early as 1676.
The temple takes the form of a giant stone chariot. Hindu iconography shows Surya racing across the sky on a chariot drawn by seven horses, and the temple renders that scene in stone, with 24 elaborately carved wheels nearly 3.7 m (12 ft) across and a team of seven horses. The wheels come in twelve pairs, one pair for each month of the Hindu calendar. Large parts of the temple have fallen into ruin, including the tall tower that rose over the sanctuary, and the jagamohana, or assembly hall, is the principal structure that survives. The cause of the temple's destruction is unclear and remains a source of controversy.
Builders used three kinds of stone: chlorite for door lintels, frames and some sculptures, laterite for the platform's core and for staircases near the foundation, and khondalite for other parts. None of these occur naturally nearby. UNESCO named it a World Heritage Site in 1984. It is still a major place of pilgrimage for Hindus, who come each year for the Chandrabhaga Mela, held in about February. The temple is also shown on the reverse of the Indian 10 rupee note.
How it prints
Make this print opens the generator on a 600 m square around the landmark. Buildings print at close to true scale, so the landmark grows with the print size.
| Print size | Landmark height | Scale |
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| 160 mm default | 11 mm | 1:3,750 |
| 200 mm | 14 mm | 1:3,000 |
| 256 mm | 18 mm | 1:2,344 |
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- Stacked tiers of the roof
- The roof rises as many thin stepped tiers. Layers of 0.12 to 0.16 mm keep each step distinct, and a larger print keeps the thin edges distinct.
- Tiny wheels along the base
- A row of small spoked wheels runs along the platform. Print friendly adapts the thin spokes to your print scale; Full detail keeps them, which suits a larger print.
- One piece with the ground
- Konark Sun Temple is joined to the ground in the exported file, and the four-side check found no floating parts, so nothing needs gluing.
- Pick the detail for your nozzle
- In the Buildings settings, set Landmark detail to Print friendly to adapt thin parts and small details to the print scale. Full detail keeps every modeled feature, for larger prints or a finer nozzle.
- Colors
- Buildings, roads, water and ground arrive as separate filament slots in the 3MF. Konark Sun Temple takes the building color.
- File format
- You get a 3MF for Bambu Studio, OrcaSlicer or PrusaSlicer. Any of them can save it as STL if you need one.
About this model
Konark Sun Temple is one of more than 2,300 landmark models in Mini Skyline. They are made with AI, and each one is checked from four sides in its real surroundings before release. Everything around it is built from OpenStreetMap and Overture map data. If you would rather print the shape from map data, turn off Landmark models in the Buildings settings.
Common questions
Is there a Konark Sun Temple STL I can download?
Mini Skyline builds the file for you in your browser and exports 3MF, which every major slicer opens. If you need an STL, open the 3MF in your slicer and export it from there.
How big can I print it?
Any print size from 40 mm across. Konark Sun Temple grows with the print: about 11 mm tall on the default 160 mm print. For a model larger than your printer bed, Project Mode splits the area into tiles.
Is it free?
Yes. Generation runs in your browser, with no account and nothing behind a paywall.
