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Kedareswara Temple, Hajo

Assam · Northeast

Kedareswara Temple, Hajo

Shri Kedar Temple

Otherc. 1753 CEShiva

Shri Kedar Temple (also known as Kedareswara Temple) is a medieval Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located at top of Madanachala hill in Hajo, Kamrup, Assam. The central chamber has a linga. The temple, along with the two walls adjacent, build by Ahom King Rajeswara Singha in 1753. The linga in this temple is considered as Swayambhu - the one that originates itself and is not crafted or made.

Art & Architecture

  • Swayambhu linga in the central chamber, held to be self-originated
  • Hilltop Ahom-period stone shrine on Madanachala hill

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Protected by the Archaeological Survey of India as “Shri Shri Kedar temple”, Hajo, Kamrup district.