The temple of Umananda was built in 1694 A.D. by the Bar Phukan Garhganya Handique by the order of King Gadadhar Singha ( 1681 – 1696 ) , one of the ablest and strongest rulers of the Ahom dynasty . The original temple was however immensely damaged by a devastating earthquake of 1897 . Later , it was reconstructed by a rich local merchant who chose to inscribe the interior part of a Siva temple with Vaisnavite slogans
earthquake of 1897
1897 Assam earthquake
Umananda Temple