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Detailed explanation-1: -Odisha: After 119 years, ASI starts removal of sand from Konark Sun Temple. BHUBANESWAR: After 119 years, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has started removing sand from Jagmohan of Sun Temple in Konark on Thursday.

Detailed explanation-2: -The reasoning behind the closure of the Konark temple is that by the end of the 19th century, the last pavilion of this temple had also weakened and reached the verge of collapse, and to save it from collapse, the then Governor John Woodburn in the year 1901 all of this temple. The doors were sealed with sand.

Detailed explanation-3: -Konark Sun Temple opened to be after 118 years | UPSC Ancient History | Odisha Govt jobs #OPSC #IAS - YouTube.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sun Temple, also called Surya Deula or Surya Deul, temple in Konark, Odisha state, India, that is dedicated to the Hindu sun god Surya. It was built in the 13th century.

Detailed explanation-5: -The cause of the destruction of the Konark temple is unclear and still remains a source of controversy. Theories range from natural damage to deliberate destruction of the temple in the course of being sacked several times by Muslim armies between the 15th and 17th centuries.