Beautiful temple of lord shiva. And there are lots of tortoises in the pond and people used to give them food. Nice holy place
It's an hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, located in Jamugurihat of Sonitpur district. This temple is 45 kms from Tezpur
It's basically an ancient Shiva worshipping place dated back to 4th century. Many tortoises can be found on here.
According to one belief, the Nagsankar temple[3] was built by a King called Nag Sankar from Lohitya dynasty in the late 4th century. Nagsankar reigned eastern Kamarupa (ancient name of Assam) in 378 AD. He was a great king and sent his representatives to his contemporary the Great Asoka of Maurya dynasty. According to another belief, the temple was built by king Nagmatta. Nagmatta is another name of the powerful king of Assam, Arimatta. Arimatta has an important place in mythology too. He is believed to be the son of the river-god Brahmaputra, who blessed the beautiful wife of king Ramchandra with a son. According to one myth related to Nagshankar temple when Shiva toured the universe taking the body of Sati the naval part fell in the Nagshankar temple.[citation needed] Therefore, the name of this temple was at first Navishankar and later on, it became Nagshankar.[4] Such types of myths along with making more powerful the tradition increase social significance also. The songs, mantras, etc. related to the temples are not only the medium of entertainment; these give a message of knowledge to people regarding various duties, obligations, ethical ideals, etc. that are entrusted in the life cycle of people. Ahom king Su-sen-pha repaired Nagsankar temple in 1480[5] With this work the king was able to spread his kingdom to the north bank of the river Brahmaputra and win the faith of the people of the region.
This is the one of the oldest shiv temple in Assam. Here lots of Tortoise are available in near ponds.
Grt place. Memory rejoiced. Been there in 2009 and 2017 and now on 2022. Don't feed biscuit or any other food item to tortoise.. only dry fish .. can be purchased on nearby shops at 30 rs per packet. Enjoy
Its pretty natural place. A temple where u actly can find peace/ peace of mind. There is a pond full of tortoises. Some of them are pretty old. There is a wedding hall too. Its about 200 mtrs from the NH 15 highway.
A really calm and welcoming atmosphere here. The temple is situated on the outskirts about 15km west of biswanath chariali, surrounded by hills and trees on all sides. A place of worship of Lord Shiva built by king narasankar of nagakha in the 4th century. Nag-Sankar Temple consists of a large pond with more than five hundreds of rare variety of soft-shell turtles keep the temple environment always a visitor's attraction. Nagshankar temple's pond have confirmed the presence of species -- Nilssonia gangetica Indian softshell turtle, classified as Vulnerable and the Chitra indica or South Asian narrow-headed softshell turtle, listed as Endangered by the IUCN. Overall an wonderful place to spend some quality time with friends and family..
