[3][4] In the latter part of his reign, Swargadeo Rudra Singha announced his desire to expand Assam westward as far as the river Karatoya in present-day West Bengal and Bangladesh, which was considered the frontier of the ancient Kamarupa kingdom.

Before his preparations were completed he was seized with a mortal illness and died in August 1714 in his camp at Guwahati.

His body was taken to Charaideo, in present-day Sivasagar District, for burial as per ancient Tai-Ahom custom.

According to some sources, Rudra Singha was cremated according to Hindu customs in North Guwahati, while some denote only one of his small fingers was burnt in this way.

His second son, Pramatta Singha, after ascending to the throne, decided to construct in Guwahati a temple to Lord Shiva in memory of his father.

Towards east from Konwari Pukhuri, another pair of ponds existed known as Hiloidari Pukhuri or the ponds of the artillery-men and musketeers(Hiloidari in Assamese language means musketeers or soldiers engaged in artillery).After the fall of Ahom Kingdom and establishment of British rule in Assam, the temple lost much of its lands and other privileges.