Lahore Fort

Naag Mandir

The temple, located near Shish Mahal (Mirror Palace), was built in Ranjeet Singh’s period by Maharani Chand Kaur, the wife of Mahraja Kharak Singh.

Square in plan and placed on a raised platform, the temple’s interior and exterior walls have been adorned with fresco paintings. It has a cube shape crowned with a ribbed watermelon-shaped dome.  Its wooden door is on a significant height and cannot be reached without stairs which are not there.  Conservation of the temple is being carried out by Walled City of Lahore Authority.

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