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{{Infobox Mandir<br />
|name = Nagsankar mandir<br />
|image = Nagsankar Mandir.jpg<br />
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|country = India<br />
|state = [[Assam]]<br />
|district = [[Sonitpur]]<br />
|locale = Sootea, [[Tezpur]]<br />
|deity = [[Shiva]]<br />
|festivals = [[Maha Shivaratri]]<br />
|architecture = [[Assamese Culture|Assamese]]<br />
|temple_quantity = One<br />
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|inscriptions = Sanskrit<br />
|year_completed = 4th century<br />
|creator = King Narasankar of Nagakha in the 4th century<br />
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The '''Nagsankar Temple''' is a shrine in Nagsankar Mouza near [[Sootea]], to the east of Tezpur,<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.tezu.ernet.in/cancersymp2020/pdf/places/Nag.pdf | title=Nag-Sankar Temple | website=www.tezu.ernet.in}}</ref> in [[Sonitpur District]] of Assam. The temple is believed to be built by King Narasankar of Nagakha in the 4th century.<br />
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== Geography ==<br />
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Nagsankar Mandir is {{cvt|15|km}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://biswanath.gov.in/portlet-sub-innerpage/nagsankar-temple|title=Nagsankar Temple &#124; Biswanath District &#124; Government Of Assam, India|website=biswanath.gov.in}}</ref> west of [[Biswanath Chariali]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
The name of the temple was at first Navishankar and later on became Nagshankar.<ref>Neog, M., Ed. Pabitra Asom. 4th ed. Dhemaji: Kiran Prakashan, 2008.</ref><br />
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Ahom king Su-sen-pha repaired Nagsankar temple in 1480<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.trawel.co.in/city/Tezpur/nag-sankar-temple-tezpur | title=Nag-Sankar Temple, Tezpur: Curated Info, Timings, Entry fee }}</ref><br />
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== Turtle pond ==<br />
Nag-Sankar Temple has a large pond with more than five hundred of rare variety of soft-shell turtles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/fresh-effort-to-revive-a-turtle-species-considered-extinct-in-wild/story-vlZplKwuSPF1DjUOaXpNnI.html|title=Fresh effort to revive a turtle species considered 'extinct in wild'|date=14 August 2020|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref><br />
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Species include ''[[Nilssonia gangetica]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.iasabhiyan.com/edna/ | title=EDNA &#124; IAS Abhiyan | date=14 June 2018 }}</ref> 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.{{cn|date=April 2025}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Jamugurihat]]<br />
*[[Tezpur]]<br />
*[[Sootea]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Shiva temples in Assam]]<br />
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