According to history , in the year 1694 , the Ahom king Supaatphaa ordered his minister Gargaya Handique Phukan to build a Hindu temple , called Umananda Temple . In 1897 , an earthquake damaged the temple heavily , but was later repaired by a local merchant . The temple displays mixture of both Hindu Vaishnavism and Shaivism . There are Assamese craftings of Ganesha , Shiva , Parvati , Vishnu , and other Hindu deities . During the repairing work of the temple some new Vaishnavi scripts were written on the walls . Craftsmen also carved figures out of rock on the island
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1897 Assam earthquake
Umananda Island