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Wangath Temple Complex, Naranag
Wangath temple complex
Other8th centuryShiva
Wangath Temple complex is a group of Hindu temple monuments in Wangath, near Naranag, in the Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. Wangath is a village around 48 miles (77 km) northeast of Srinagar, in the Himalayas to the northeast of the Kashmir Valley. It was built by Lalitaditya Muktapida of the Karkota dynasty in the 8th century CE, and is now in ruins.
Art & Architecture
- Two ruined groups of Karkota-period stone temples
- Jyeshthesa (Shiva) main shrine ringed by subsidiary shrines
- Built of local grey granite, along the Kanka nadi
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Protected by the Archaeological Survey of India as “Group of Ancient Temples”, Naranag, Ganderbal district.