Significance of Konark Wheel that India used as backdrop for G20 leaders' handshake

Significance of Konark Wheel that India used as backdrop for G20 leaders’ handshake

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Significance of Konark Wheel

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The Konark Wheel

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Adapted into tricolour

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Significance of Konark Wheel

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Significance of Konark Wheel

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