Nagsankar Mandir

The Nagsankar Temple is a shrine in Nagsankar Mouza near Sootea, to the east of Tezpur, in Sonitpur District of Assam. The temple is believed to be built by King Narasankar of Nagakha in the 4th century.

Geography

Nagsankar Mandir is west of Biswanath Chariali.

History

The name of the temple was at first Navishankar and later on became Nagshankar.
Ahom king Su-sen-pha repaired Nagsankar temple in 1480

Turtle pond

Nag-Sankar Temple has a large pond with more than five hundred of rare variety of soft-shell turtles.
Species include Nilssonia gangetica, 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.