Solar radio emissions provide several unique diagnostics to estimate
different physical parameters of the solar corona, which are otherwise simply
inaccessible. However, imaging the highly dynamic solar coronal emissions
spanning a large range of angular scales at radio wavelengths is extremely
challenging. At GHz frequencies, the MeerKAT radio telescope is possibly
globally the best-suited instrument at the present time and can provide
high-fidelity spectroscopic snapshot solar images. Here, we present the first
images of the Sun made using the observations with the MeerKAT at L-band (856
-- 1711 MHz). This work demonstrates the high fidelity of the MeerKAT solar
images through a comparison with simulated radio images at the MeerKAT
frequencies. The observed images show extremely good mophological similarities
with the simulated images. A detailed comparison between the simulated radio
map and observed MeerKAT radio images demonstrates that there is significant
missing flux density in MeerKAT images at the higher frequencies of the
observing band, though it can potentially be estimated and corrected for. We
believe once solar observations with the MeerKAT are commissioned, they will
not only enable a host of novel studies but also open the door to a large
unexplored phase space with significant discovery potential.Comment: Preparing for submission, 14 pages, 9 figure