Nagsankar Mandir

Nagsankar mandir
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Sonitpur
Deity	Shiva
Festivals	Maha Shivaratri
Location
Location	Sootea, Tezpur
State	Assam
Country	India
Architecture
Type	Assamese
Creator	King Narasankar of Nagakha in the 4th century
Completed	4th century
Temple(s)	One
Inscriptions	Sanskrit

The Nagsankar Temple is a shrine in Nagsankar Mouza near Sootea, to the east of Tezpur, ^[1] in Sonitpur District of Assam. The temple is believed to be built by King Narasankar of Nagakha in the 4th century.

Geography

Nagsankar Mandir is 15 km (9.3 mi) ^[2] west of Biswanath Chariali.

History

The name of the temple was at first Navishankar and later on became Nagshankar. ^[3]

Ahom king Su-sen-pha repaired Nagsankar temple in 1480 ^[4]

Turtle pond

Nag-Sankar Temple has a large pond with more than five hundred of rare variety of soft-shell turtles. ^[5]

Species include Nilssonia gangetica , ^[6] the Indian softshell turtle, listed as Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Chitra indica , the South Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle, listed as Endangered.^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• Jamugurihat
• Tezpur
• Sootea

References

1. http://www.tezu.ernet.in/cancersymp2020/pdf/places/Nag.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
2. "Nagsankar Temple | Biswanath District | Government Of Assam, India". biswanath.gov.in.
3. Neog, M., Ed. Pabitra Asom. 4th ed. Dhemaji: Kiran Prakashan, 2008.
4. "Nag-Sankar Temple, Tezpur: Curated Info, Timings, Entry fee".
5. "Fresh effort to revive a turtle species considered 'extinct in wild'". Hindustan Times. 14 August 2020.
6. "EDNA | IAS Abhiyan". 14 June 2018.