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Ancient · Hindu · India
Nagsankar Mandir
Nagsankar, near Sootea, Sonitpur district, Assam · 26.7253°, 92.9948°
ShivaNarasankar of NagakhaAssamese
Sacred since
300 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
4th c. (King Narasankar)
Narasankar of Nagakha
History & significance
A Shiva temple east of Tezpur said to have been founded in the 4th century by King Narasankar of Nagakha. Its tank shelters more than 500 rare soft-shell turtles of vulnerable and endangered species.