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The royal amphitheatre hints at the spectacle of the Ahom court.
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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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Where it is
26.95° N 94.59° E