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Naag Temple

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Naag Temple
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Naag Temple
Lahore Fort, Lahore, Punjab

The Naag Temple is a small Sikh-period temple inside Lahore Fort, built in the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh by Maharani Chand Kaur across the old western entrance to the Sheesh Mahal court. Long closed to visitors, it was conserved in work completed at the end of 2024.

Hindu TemplesFortsSikh ArchitectureFrescoes1760 to 1849 | Sikh Period UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Naag Temple in its courtyard, with Lahore Fort's brick walls behind
The Naag Temple seen across the garden beds of its courtyard in Lahore Fort
A lotus-bud pinnacle above the flower-painted eave of the Naag Temple
The kalash finial crowning the fluted dome of the Naag Temple
Frescoes on the underside of the Naag Temple's multi-cusped eave
The Naag Temple's white facade and dome against a clear sky
The Naag Temple's front, the cusped eave running above its niches
The ribbed dome of the Naag Temple, with a lotus-bud pinnacle at the corner
The Naag Temple on its raised plinth, an information board beside it
The Naag Temple beside an old brick wall of Lahore Fort
Corner pinnacle and painted eave of the Naag Temple, seen from below
Lotus-bud pinnacle against the white ribbed dome of the Naag Temple
Top of the Naag Temple: cusped eave, corner pinnacles and the fluted dome
Front of the Naag Temple, three arched niches below the dome
Close view of the Naag Temple's dome, its ribs ending in petal-shaped arches
The Naag Temple's melon-ribbed dome and kalash finial under a blue sky
Corner of the Naag Temple, its curved eave sweeping up to a pinnacle
The Naag Temple from one corner, its ribbed dome above cusped niches
The Naag Temple's dome rising behind its scalloped, painted eave
The Naag Temple on its plinth in the north-western part of Lahore Fort
The Naag Temple in its courtyard, with Lahore Fort's brick walls behind
Frescoes on the underside of the Naag Temple's multi-cusped eave
The Naag Temple beside an old brick wall of Lahore Fort
The Naag Temple from one corner, its ribbed dome above cusped niches
The Naag Temple seen across the garden beds of its courtyard in Lahore Fort
The Naag Temple's front, the cusped eave running above its niches
Corner pinnacle and painted eave of the Naag Temple, seen from below
The Naag Temple's melon-ribbed dome and kalash finial under a blue sky
A lotus-bud pinnacle above the flower-painted eave of the Naag Temple
The ribbed dome of the Naag Temple, with a lotus-bud pinnacle at the corner
Top of the Naag Temple: cusped eave, corner pinnacles and the fluted dome
Corner of the Naag Temple, its curved eave sweeping up to a pinnacle
The Naag Temple's white facade and dome against a clear sky
The Naag Temple on its raised plinth, an information board beside it
Front of the Naag Temple, three arched niches below the dome
The Naag Temple's dome rising behind its scalloped, painted eave
The kalash finial crowning the fluted dome of the Naag Temple
Lotus-bud pinnacle against the white ribbed dome of the Naag Temple
Close view of the Naag Temple's dome, its ribs ending in petal-shaped arches
The Naag Temple on its plinth in the north-western part of Lahore Fort