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Navagraha Mandir
নৱগ্ৰহ মন্দিৰ, গুৱাহাটী
Guwahati, Assam · 26.1909°, 91.7653°
Navagraha (nine planetary lingams)Ahom—
Sacred since
1752 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
rebuilt 1752 (Ahom)
Ahom
History & significance
An astronomy-linked shrine on Chitrachal Hill whose sanctum holds nine lingams for the nine celestial bodies, each draped in a colour assigned to its planet. Wrecked by the earthquake of 1697, it was rebuilt in full by the Ahom ruler Rajeswara Singha in 1752.