Manikarneswar Devalaya

Manikarneswar Devalaya
Manikarneswar Devalaya
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
Deity	Shiva
Location
State	Assam
Country	India
	Location in Assam
Geographic coordinates	26°12′26″N 91°44′53″E / 26.2071353°N 91.7480039°E
Architecture
Creator	Rajeswar Singha
Completed	1755 C.E.
Monument(s)	1
Inscriptions	1782

Manikarneswar Devalaya (Assamese: মণিকৰ্ণেশ্বৰ দেৱালয়), situated at the top of Manikhalaya hill in Assam, North Guwahati is a temple dedicated to god Shiva. The present brick temple was built by Ahom King Rajeswar Singha^[1] in 1755 C.E. upon a star-shaped ground plan of a stone temple of the 10–11th century and made arrangements for regular worship at this temple.^[2] ^[3]

The temple's shikhara got destroyed in the earthquake of 1897 and is currently roofed with a tin.^[4]

^ Chaudhury 1964, p. 41
^ Sharma 2015, p. 98
^ Das, Barasha (28 July 2021). "Guwahati Gyan | Manikarneswar Devalaya". Guwahati plus.
^ "Protected Archaeological Sites and Monuments". Directorate of Archaeology.

[1] Chaudhury 1964, p. 41

[2] Sharma 2015, p. 98

[3] Das, Barasha (28 July 2021). "Guwahati Gyan | Manikarneswar Devalaya". Guwahati plus.

[4] "Protected Archaeological Sites and Monuments". Directorate of Archaeology.

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