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Basistha Temple

বশিষ্ঠাশ্ৰম দেৱালয়

Guwahati, Assam · 26.0950°, 91.7844°

ShivaAhomNilachal
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
1764 (Ahom); on an earlier stone temple
Ahom

History & significance

An octagonal brick temple with a polygonal sikhara raised in 1764 under the Ahom king Rajeswar Singha on the remains of a stone temple of about the 11th century. It sits where three hill streams meet to form the Basistha and Bharalu rivers of Guwahati.

Sthala katha — the legend

The site is held to be the ashrama of the sage Vasistha, and its sunken chamber is said to keep his footprint.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Ahom