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Nagsankar Mandir
Indian 4th century temple From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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]
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