The Sugandesha temple built at the initiative of queen Sugandha is situated less than 1 km away from Gauriswara temple towards the south of Gauri-Shankara temple. This temple was also buried under debris and was excavated by Daya Ram Sahni.
The temple proper is built on a double plinth and the main entrance faces east. A flight of steps leading to the entrance of the sanctum is well preserved. The sanctum, a square one, measures 4.25 x 4.25 m internally. There are niches in the other three walls of the sanctum which measure 1.80 x 1.25 m internally and have trefoil entrances surmounted with pediments. It appears that these entrances were originally provided with wooden doors and contained images of deities. The gateway of the peristyle has the usual plan and is divided into two chambers measuring 5.15 x 2.30 m internally. The cells of the peristyle measure 1.20 x 0.83 m and the pillars which supported the portico in front of these cells were sixteen-sided.
A small statue said to have been under worship in the past was broken by the local inhabitants and the open land around the temple was converted into a graveyard1.
1 R.C Agrawal, Kashmir and its Monumental Glory (New Delhi: Aryan Books International, 1998), 153-154.