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Peacock Island, Guwahati, Assam · 26.1964°, 91.7453°
A brick Shiva shrine raised in 1694 on the Brahmaputra river island at Guwahati by order of the Ahom king Gadadhar Singha, standing on a site that also preserves traces of an earlier post-Gupta stone temple. Badly damaged in the 1897 Assam earthquake, it was rebuilt afterwards by a local merchant.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Shiva is said to have burnt Kamadeva to ashes here for disturbing his meditation, which is why the hillock is called Bhasmachala.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Ahom
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