कनार्कआ जोबथा भारतारि मनदिरफोरनि मोनसे बुंजाबाय जेराव ‘मोनसे गोथै बाथिनि गोजोंसिन अरसालाय’ मोनसे जिवगोनां दोरोंआ खामानियाव दंमोन।
Konark has been called one of the last Indian temples in which a living tradition was at work, the 'brightest flame of a dying lamp'.