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Bezor Doul

Octagonal Ahom-period brick Vishnu temple in Dibrugarh district, raised in memory of a royal physician

Photo: দিব্য দত্ত · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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01 — The story

The story

Bezor Doul, or Bez Doul, stands at Bezor Pathar, Dhemechi, in Dibrugarh district, Assam, some 5 km from the town of Dimow, which is in Sivasagar district. In Ahom times a traditional physician, or bez, of the Chung Khel was given the title Bezbarua for treating the royal family and granted large tracts of land here; the name Bezor Pathar means 'fields of the bez'. King Rudra Singha built the doul in his memory, though some believe the Bezbarua built it himself.

It is an octagonal brick sanctuary of the late medieval Ahom period, with thick walls, a jagmohan entered from the west and a spire shaped like a banana flower, topped by a lotus-bud kalasha bearing a Sri Chakra. Floral jali work once covered the walls from bottom to top but has worn away. There are no idols or sculptures inside, yet Vishnu is still worshipped here. Concrete walls now protect the temple and its grounds, and it is a State Protected Monument.

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02 — About

About Bezor Doul

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We’re still writing about Bezor Doul: its history, what’s there and why it’s worth the trip.

Where it is

Dibrugarh, Assam

27.16° N 94.77° E