File:7th century Sankaracharya temple, Gopagiri Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir.jpg

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The Shankaracharya temple of Srinagar is the oldest Hindu temple of the city, and it sits on top of a hill southeast. This hill is called Takht-i-Suliman, or Gopagiri (Gopa hill). The site is ancient and mentioned in early Kashmiri texts as the location of a 3rd century Sandheswara temple. The Rajatarangini states that King Gopaditya rebuilt a grand temple for Jyeshteswara (Jyeshta-Rudra) on the Gopa hill with commanding views of Kashmir. This and other details have led scholars to identify the Jyeshteswara to be same as the Shankaracharya temple.

The 7th-century temple is notable for its uncommon octagonal floor plan with circular sanctum inside. The original shikhara was torn down. The temple was provided with a dome under the patronage of the Sikh Empire. The temple complex had Persian inscription added during the Sultanate period; these were erased in the 19th-century by the Dogra period soldiers. The circular sanctum and octagonal section walls are thick and quite plain. One of the eight sides of the octagon is open as entrance, while the other seven have twelve recesses for a total of 84 spaces for miniature Shiva linga. Inside the sanctum is a colossal Shiva linga. The Hindu tradition linked this temple to Adi Shankara of Advaita Vedanta tradition after his visit.

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