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Early medieval · Hindu · India
Shankaragaurishvara Temple, Pattan
Pattan, Baramulla district, Jammu and Kashmir · 34.1578°, 74.5569°
ShivaUtpalaKashmiri
Sacred since
883 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
883-902 (Utpala)
Utpala
History & significance
Raised by King Shankaravarman of the Utpala dynasty at Pattan, about 27 km from Srinagar, with deeply carved facades and pedimented entrance columns. It is now ruinous and no longer in worship, and stands beside the smaller Sugandhesha temple that Shankaravarman built for his queen.