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High medieval · Hindu · India
Shiva Bhagwati Temple, Akingam
Akingam, Anantnag district, Jammu and Kashmir · 33.7000°, 75.3300°
Jagad Amba Shri Shiva BhagwatiUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A goddess shrine at the head of Akingam village in Anantnag district, near the foothills. It is the only one of four shrines in Jammu and Kashmir to hold a tract of forest land as jagir entered in its own revenue records.