Guwahati Sri Manikarneswar Temple, Assam

Address

Sri Manikarneswar Temple, Durgeshwari Rd, Rajadwar Gate, Rangmahal, Baruah Souk, North Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam 781030

Diety

Manikarneswar

Introduction

Manikarneswar Temple 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 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

Puranic Significance

According to local legend, when god Shiva was roaming with the body of his wife Sati after Daksha Yajna he rested under a Bel tree situated on the Manisaila hill. According to another legend from Kalika Purana after Narakasura looted invaluable precious stones from beneath the sea, heaven, and earth, he deposited them in the shape of a mountain. The mountain thus came to be known as ‘Manikarneswar’