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Na-Pukhuri Shiva Dol, Sivasagar

Shiva temple of 1773 on Rudrasagar tank near Sivasagar, the last temple built in the Ahom era

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01 — The story

The story

Na-Pukhuri Shiva Dol, also called Rudrasagar Shiva Dol, is an 18th-century Shiva temple 8 km from Sivasagar town in Assam. Built in 1773 under King Lakshmi Singha (1769–1780) and consecrated while Gaurinath Singha (1780–1794) was on the throne, it was the last temple raised in the Ahom era, before temple building in the kingdom declined. One Madan Darika Hajarika supervised the work.

The temple stands on the south bank of Rudrasagar Pukhuri, a tank dug in honour of Rudra Singha. Because it lies opposite the older Athaisagar Pukhuri, dug under Jayadhwaj Singha and known as Purani Pukhuri or old tank, Rudrasagar came to be called Na Pukhuri, the new tank. The temple is of the Tri-Ratha type, set on an octagonal base, and rises 25.95 metres.

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02 — About

About Na-Pukhuri Shiva Dol, Sivasagar

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Where it is

Sivasagar, Assam

26.95° N 94.59° E