Travel Assam

Travel Assam - Part 1

A. Guwahati

To the profoundly arranged, Guwahati is home to the goddess Kamakhya; to history buffs, it remains on the very spot where the valiant individuals of this incredible area defeated the relentless Mughal armed force in the skirmish of Saraighat in 1671; to the occupant, it is the youngster that has been, throughout the years, sustained, satisfied and on occasion, even advised by the compelling Brahmaputra.

Guwahati is monetarily and spatially one of the quickest developing urban areas in India. From a humble populace of 2 lakh in 1971, showing Guwahati is an overflowing city with 808,021 individuals (2001 Census).

The city extends for 45 kms from Gopmath Bordoioi International Airport in the west to Narengi in the east and from the southern bank of the Brahmaputra to the foothills of the Shillong level for around 15 kms. Guwahati Municipal Corporation regulates a zone of more than 216 sq kms.

The town gets its name from two Ahomiya words – guwa or an areca nut and haat or the week by week market, subsequently following its birthplaces to a period when it was an exchanging post on the Brahmaputra.

Guwhati is related to the old city of Pragjyotishpura neglected by the sacred sanctuary to goddess Kamakhva. In the Mahabharata, it was the capital or the Kamrup kingdom under Narakasura and his child Bhagadattu who battled in the clash of Kurukshetra as an afterthought of the Kauravas.

The seventh century Chinese voyager, Hiuen Tsang, w ho went by the court of Bhaskar Barman composes that Pragjyotishpura extended 19 kms from east to west and was the key base for the kingdom's solid naval force comprising of more than 30,000 war-vessels.

From the seventh century to the establishing of Ahom administer in the l3th, Guwahati went through the hands of the Palas, the Kamtas and the Kochs. Unearthings in Ambari and at Cotton College propose that it was a prosperous city from the ninth to the eleventh century AD under the Palas.

Under the Ahorns, the city saw a spurt of building movement, and it was amid this period that the majority of the lakes in the city were exhumed.

Exploiting the debilitating of Ahom run in the most recent many years of the eighteenth century, the British East India Company made quick advances into the locale. By 1938 they came to control totally what is currently the condition of Assam.

Guwahati got a support with the foundation of the city of Shillong and the blasting tea business. Prospering exchange tea and timber (not onlv from the upper east additionally from Burma) rushed the landing of lines and broadcast, laying of streets and expanded availability.

After Independence in 1947, Guwahati remained the most imperative business focus of upper east India. After 1972, when the condition of Meghalaya was cut out of Assam, Shillong turned into the capital of Meghalaya while Dispur, a piece of Guwahati town, was made the regulatory capital of Assam. With its wide streets, quiet water bodies and various parks, Guwahati is a decently arranged and beautiful city.

In the heart of Guwahati is the Pan Bazaar region. Not just it will be it the business center of the city additionally houses some of Guwahati's critical historic points.

The well known Cotton College, a chief instructive foundation, remains at the northern edge of Pan Bazaar. Made in 1901, the school was named after Sir Henry John Stedman Cotton, Chief Commissioner of the past British area of Assam.

On the southeastern corner of Pan Bazaar is an extensive, rectangular lake, Dighali Pukhuri. The lake is accepted to have been dug by Bhagadutta, lord of Pragjvotishpura and was once joined by a trench to the Brahmaputra.

It was utilized broadly by the Ahom rulers as a shielded harbor for their maritime vessels. Dighali Pukhuri gets its name from the statement dighal importance prolonged. To the west of Dighali Pukhuri and confronting the principle door to Cotton College is Nehru Park.

A bit green desert garden in the heart of town, the recreation center jelly various uncommon types of plants.

a. Christ Church. 

It is behind Nehru Park. It is One of the most punctual temples in upper east India, it was blessed in 1859 by Reverend Daniel Wilson Bishop of Calcutta. The first structure caved in a seismic tremor in 1856 and was revamped in 1861. Scarcely after four decades it was obliterated by and by in the tremor of 1897 just to be revamped again in 1901.

b. Curzon Hall, 

Earle Law College, Handique Girls' College, Kamarupa Anusandhan Samiri, Assam State Museum, Cotton College, Assam Sahitya Sabha, Assam Lawn Tennis Association and the High Court are found on the banks of Dighali Pukhuri.

c. Assam State Museum, 

It is in the east of the line station, was made in 1940. Aside from particular segments on archaic exploration, numismatics and epigraphy, it has especially fascinating ethnographic showcases that incorporate neighborhood makes, a recreated tribal town and medieval stone and bronze figures from Ambari.

d. Nagkata Pukhuri 

This gets its name from the custom of serpent love, predominant in medieval Assam. Its beginning is followed back to the times of the Ahom lord, Swargadeo Pramatta Singha (1744-1751).

e. Sil Pukhuri 

This gets its available name from a stone (sil) engraving found on its banks, in Sanskrit, however written in Ahomiya letter sets. The engraving says that the lake was unearthed by Tarun Duwara Phukan in 1753 AD, amid the rule of Swargadeo Rajeshwar Singha (1751-1769). The lake now remains amidst Guwahati's business area, encompassed by clamoring shops and skyscraper private structures.

Sil Pukhuri was initially called Nau Konia Pukhuri, (or 'the lake with nine corners'). It is accepted that when the lake was uncovered, nine wells were dug in nine corners. Water was taken from these nine wells to perform the navagraha shower (a custom shower including summons and chants to the nava or nine grahas or planets).

Shaktipeeths of Guwahati

The quick environs of Guwahati are honored with four shaktipeeths.

» Kamakhya Temple on Nilachal Hill where the yoni fell

» Dirgheswari Temple in north Guwahati where Sati's thigh fell

» Ugratara Temple, where her navel arrived

» Bhubaneshwari Temple on Nilarhal slope where the leader of the goddess fell

a. Jor Pukhuri

It is the name given to a couple (jor) of indistinguishable tanks, differentiated by a street unearthed amid the rule of the Ahom rulers.

b. Ugratara Temple,

A noticeable focus of Shakti faction remains on the northern bank of Jor l'ukhuri. legend has it that after Vishnu dismantled Satis body her navel fell on the spot where the sanctuary now stands. The sanctuary was inherent 1725 AD by the Ahom ruler,

Swargadeo Siva Singha (1714-1744), who was likewise instrumental in uncovering Jor Pukhuri to encourage the needs of the enthusiasts at the sanctuary. Like Dighali Pukhuri, it was joined with the Brahmaputra and structured the maritime and boat building base of the Ahom lords.

That old Guwahati was a huge seat of soothsaying and cosmology is bore witness to by the Navagraha Temple. Placed on Chitranchal Hill, upper east of the downtown area, the sanctuary, as indicated by researchers, was in the heart of Pragjyotishpura. The sanctuary has a red apiary formed arch and reveres nine lingas speaking to the nine planets in its internal sanctum.

A short separation northwest of Sil Pukhuri is Ujan Bazar. Sprawled out along the southern bunks of the Brahmaputra, the range is best known for its fish market or the maach ghat where a whirlwind of exchanging action is to be seen each morning. Make sure to reach ahead of schedule as the day's business typically wraps up by 7 am.

As indicated by nearby legend, Ujan Bazaar gets its name from the statement azaan (Muslim call for request to God) because of the vicinity of a mosque in the urea. An alternate hypothesis recommends that the name originates from the Ahomiya word jaan (a creek), however no such stream exists any more.

A bit in front of Ujan Bazaar, along the waterway, is Sukreshwar Devalaya, a Shiva sanctuary, built in 1744 by the Ahom lord Swargadeo Pramatta Singha. From the small hours of the morning, aficionados throng the sanctuary to .look for the divinity's favors before setting about their every day exercises. Shops outside the sanctuary, bordering the primary street, offer blooms, fundamentally marigold and tulsi and bel clears out.

The fundamental sanctuary is approached by a long flight of steps and is monitored by two perfectly etched Nandis. The immense linga cherished in the sanctuary's garbhagriha is considered by local people as one of the twelve rive jyotirlingas or 'lingas of light',

Denoting the spots where Shiva pierced the earth with segments of flame. Inside the same complex is the just as mainstream Janardan Devalaya committed to Vishnu. This is accepted to be a more seasoned sanctuary, reconstructed in the eighteenth century.

A little pathway at the again of the sanctuary complex leads down to Sukreshwar Ghat, the breakwater from where Assam Tourism's Brahmaputra waterway travels take off. Halfway down the steps, if one looks to one side, one is totally not ready for the amazing figures cut into the rock-confront, that post on to the waterway.

Said to be more than 600 years of age, the figures, portraying Brahma and other Hindu gods, are in an amazing condition of conservation. Close-by is the Gateway of Guwahati, raised, it is said, to recognize the visit of Thomas Baring, the Earl of Northbrook, while he served as Viceroy of India (1872-76).

c. Paltan Bazaar, 

One more of the citv's business focuses, deceives the east of Ujan Bazaar. It structures the transportation and friendliness center of Guwahati. Aside from the city's track station, Paltan Bazaar additionally houses the fundamental terminal of the state-claimed Assam State transport Corporation (ASTC). The greater part of the city's lodgings -both top of the line and additionally plan foundations - capacity from Paltan Bazaar.

The Guwahati Tea Auction Center here is the biggest of its kind on the planet. Set up in 1970, it handles a large portion of the tea business of Assam. The size of its turnover can be judged by the way that Assam produces 55% of India's tea and records for 80% of India's tea trade.

A short ship ride from Kachari Ghat takes one to Peacock Island. This small island on the Brahmaputra, with its profoundly blending vista, is home to the Umananda Temple. The sanctuary is placed on the Bhasmachala Hill (or the 'slope of fiery debris') on the island.

Legend has it that Lord Shiva utilized the island as one of his contemplation spots. Once when he was somewhere down in contemplation, he was aggravated by Kamdev, the divine force of adoration. Chafed by his activities, Shiva blazed Kamdev and the hill of his fiery remains structured the present slope.

The sanctuary was inherent 1694 AD by the general Garhganya Handique under requests from Gadadhar Singh (1681-1696), one of the ablest and strongest leaders of the Ahom line. The first sanctuary was harmed amid the wrecking tremor of 1897.

Later, it was remade by a rich, neighborhood vendor who decided to record the insides of the Shiva sanctuary with Vaishnavite mottos. The island is likewise home to the uncommon brilliant langur (Trachypithecus geei),

First brought to the consideration of science by the naturalist E P Gee in the mid-twentieth century. Despite the fact that the modest island has more than ten of these delightful creatures, they are amazingly hard to spot, and sightings are, subsequently, considered chance.

Ships employ to and from the island throughout the day. The best time, on the other hand, to investigate the island is amid the evening. The island, and additionally the outing back offers terrific perspectives of dusk over the enormous Brahmaputra.

The sky is painted a brilliant shade of red and the phosphorescence endures actually when the sun is a distant memory. Spotted in the Panjabari territory of the citv, Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra is a multi-expressions complex that intends to protect and advance the socio-culrural legacy of Assam.

The complex has an outside theater and a focal historical center that showcases different relics made by the distinctive ethnic gatherings of Assam. The outdoors theater, a copy of the Rang Ghar in Sivasagar can hold around 2,000 persons, and stages society celebrations, conventional moves and theater.

There is an Artists' Village where inhabitant and welcomed specialists show and offer their manifestations. A segment of the town portravs provincial life in Assam through life-like statues and model thatched cabins.

d. Sahitya Bhavan in Kalakshetra

It has an enormous gathering of uncommon books and compositions. It is a storehouse of the writing of the locale. An alternate area of the workmanship complex is the Lalit Kala Bhavan. It composes displays and workshops on craftsmanship and society. A legacy park is additionally a piece of the immense complex

Around a 45-moment drive east from Pan Bazaar, some of it through pleasant nation streets, takes one to Basishtha Ashram. Spotted on the edges of the Garbhanga Reserve Forest, this peaceful sanctuary complex is accepted to have been the seclusion of the incredible sage Basishtha.

Basishtha was one of the saptarishis or seven awesome sages of Hindu mythology. In the Ramayana he is said to have mentored Lord Rama and his siblings. The ashram is settled like a well-concealed gem some separation far from the Basishtha Chariali or the fundamental intersection where NH 37 converges Basishtha Road.

An eighteenth century Shiva Temple constructed by the Ahom ruler, Kajeshwar Singh, welcomes the guest as he ventures into the sylvan environs of the isolation. While the substantial mandapa of the sanctuary is frequented by sadhus in Vermillion robes,

The paid watchmen of the sanctuary regions are the monkeys who ring the chimes close to the ashram entryway when given a little piece of sustenance Devotees, used to the simian vicinity, light lights and offer incense to the dvurapalas and lesser divinities who flank the entryway to the garbhagriha.

They then continue inside to make offerings to a shivalinga, scarcely noticeable in the faintly lit inner parts, and get prasad. Steps driving down from the Shiva Temple take you to the littler Ganesh Temple, with its interested conelike tower encompassed by littler comparative formed turrets.

A way carries on further to three streams, Sandhya, Lalila and Kanta, that stream down from the waterfall that falls next to the ashram. On winter nights, the stream of the streams is extensively diminished when contrasted with the spout amid the blustery seasons.

Yet, on any given day, families, significant others and vacationers are to be discovered sitting on the titan shakes that flank the streams and absorb the peacefulness. Today, both picnickers and enthusiasts will discover a large group of culinary choices at the unobtrusive eateries that have sprung up close to the auto stop outside the ashram.

Traveling westbound towards the airplane terminal, a short way off National Highway 31, is Deepor Beel, an extensive freshwater lake encompassed via wetlands of gigantic natural significance. Covering an aggregate range of 414 hectares, the lake (beel in Ahomiya) and its Surroundings help the vocation of more than 1,200 tribals in 14 towns around it, furthermore secure and support an extraordinary natural living space.

From the littler phytoplankton to the goliath water lily (Euryale ferox), the coasting water hyacinth to deciduous backwoods rich in teak, sal and bamboo, it structures the 'lung space' that always recharges the inexorably gagged metropolitan air. It was assigned a Ramsar site in November 2002 under the Ramsar Convention for the security of wetlands.

The beel is a common environment to upwards of 219 types of endemic and more than 70 types of transient fledglings. Amid the winters, it is extremely regular to spot gatherings of more than 20,000 transient oceanic fowls.

A portion of the internationally debilitated species like the spot-charged pelican (Pelecanus philippensis), lesser aide stork (Leptoptilos javanicus.), Baer's pochard (Aythya Baeri), Pallas' ocean falcon (Haliaeetus leucogaster) and more prominent auxiliary stork (Leptoptilos dubius) can be seen here.

Close by, in Jalukbari, stands the Gauhati University grounds ignoring the Brahmaputra. Secured in 1948, the University is among the most established in the northeastern states. Joining the city of Guwahati with the northern bank of the Brahmaputra is the 1.5 km long Saraighat Bridge, assembled where the Brahmaputra is grinding away's narrowest in its whole course through Assam.

This was additionally the Site of the noteworthy clash of Saraighat. Development of this extension started in 1958 and upon consummation in 1962, it turned into India's first street cum-rail span. This helped make a route connect between the northeastern states with whatever is left of the nation.

The scaffold stays of enormous vital significance and is vigorously protected by furnished police. Over the Saraighat Bridge is the cutting edge Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, implicit 2007 for the National Games of India.

e. Kamakhya Temple

Kamakhya Temple, on Nilachal slope, eight kilometers west of Guwahati railwav station, is a standout amongst the most adored shaktipeeths in India. The sanctuary is committed to goddess Kamakhya, an incarnation of Sati.

It is on Nilachal Hill, says the Shiva Purana, that the yoni or innovative organ of Sati fell when Vishnu, in an offer to spare the world from the Shiva's tandava nrittya or move of demolition, cut her dead body into 51 pieces with his sudarshan chakra. The garbhagriha profound inside the sanctuary, denote the holy spot and is kept secured with red luxurious fabric.

Inscriptional confirmation dates the sanctuary to fifth sixth century, however the present structure was inherent the sixteenth century by the Koch lord Naranarayan. The sanctuary is maybe the most punctual of the surviving Koch landmarks in Assam.

It is said that in a fight with the Nawab of Gaur, Naranaravan's armed force endured a devastating annihilation and his sibling Chilarai was taken detainee. Chilarai petitioned goddess Kamakhya, who guaranteed him of his approaching discharge.

No sooner than she had talked, that news arrived at that the Nawab's mom was passing on of snakebite. No one but Chilarai could spare her from the jaws of death. Appreciative, the Nawab requested his prompt discharge. On his return, Naranarayan and Chilarai remade the Kamakhya Temple.

Legend however traits a much higher compel behind the development of the sanctuary. It is said that once, Kamdev, the lord of adoration bothered Shiva while he was pondering. Irritated, Shiva turned Kamdev to a heap of powder. Kamdev's wife Rati, begged Shiva to breath new life into her spouse back.

Moved by Rati's tears, Shiva concurred on condition that she assembled a sanctuary to Sati on the spot where her yoni had fallen, on Xilachal Hill. It is additionally said that Assam's old name, Kamrup, was gotten from the conviction that it was here that Kamdev continued his unique rup or structure.

A slumber way up the slope to Kamakhya Temple is said to have been fabricated by the legendary ruler, Narakasura. Flanked by wild blooms, the way is alluded to as mekhela ujuwa way or the street where you need to lift your mckhela high.

Today, the steps paving the way to the sanctuary are flanked by a large group of shops offering puja stuff. On the right is a cut, vivid door that prompts the Tara Temple, one of the numerous auxiliary sanctuaries committed to eight signs of the Mother Goddess, the others being Bagala,

Tripurasundari, Kamala, Matandi, Shvama, Bhairavi. Dhumawartand Bhuvaneshwari. Each has their different places of worship in and around the sanctuary complex. As one enters through an extravagantly cut passage, one is welcomed by the forcing shikhara of the primary Kamakhva Temple.

The sanctuary itself is arrived at by descending steep steps. It has a pancharatha base and hemispherical shikhara, adorned with honeycomb examples, labeled by history specialists as the "Nilachal" style. This flight in structural phrase put forward another style in sanctuary building design, which was later embraced by the Ahom rulers to erect their grand dols or sanctuaries in Sivasagar.

f. Shaktipeeths

A standout amongst the most famous legends connected with Devi love is that of King Daksha and his child in-law, the immense Shiva. When Daksha welcomed all the divine beings tor a yagna, with the exception of Shiva. His little girl Sati,

Totally embarrassed with the affront dispensed to her spouse, dove into the conciliatory fire and immolated herself. Overcome with sorrow. Shiva held her singed body and broke into the tandava nrittya, the move of demolition, destroying everything in his direction.

Durga Bhagwata records that Vishnu, to spare the world, chipped Sati's body with his sudarshan chakra. Bits of the body were flung in different headings and these spots got to be accused of primordial vitality and came to be known as shaktipeeths.

The Nilachal style is seen by a few researchers as a combination of Islamic and conventional Hindu building design. Around the shikhara were assembled segregated angashikharas like the minarets around an Islamic vault. The sparing goes that the artisans who assembled the Kamakhya Temple were brought from Koch Bihar and were consequently all the more knowledgeable with Islamic structural engineering.

The sanctuary comprises of three mandapas. The antarala has u plain do-chala top while the jungha (external divider) of the sanctuary is brightened with lavish figures. A flight of steep steps dives into the garbhagriha or inward sanctum which is a dim, underground load. Here, a rock secured with red fabric symbolizes the spot accused of heavenly shakti and stays clammy from the waters of an underground spring.

Rising up out of the garbhagriha on to the open, the sanctuary confronts a progression of steps that prompt the Saubhagya Kund, disregarded by a Ganesh hallowed place. The story goes that the legendary warrior-holy person, Parashurama once rehearsed tapasya or atonement at the sanctum of Kamakhya.

g. Ambuvaci

The most well known celebration here is the 4-day yearly celebration of Ambuvaci. The celebration of Ambubaci (June-July) praises the agreement between the conceptive female body and the cycles of nature. As the mother goddess is accepted to be bleeding, for three days the sanctuary is shut for love.

Aficionados hold kirtans during the time while sadhus serenade outside the sanctuary to permit the celestial mother her security. Furrowing the fields amid these three days is taboo. The celebration is the festival of the celestial mother's retreat from the requests of her aficionados, who are always importuning her.

For nowadays, she dwells in the isolation of her ladylike nature and appreciates opportunity from the concerns of her youngsters. Toward the end of three days the sanctuary entryways are opened, in the midst of awesome celebration. Fans from great distances abroad throng the sanctuary.

A bit of red fabric is offered as prasad (sancified thing) and accepted to pass on wondrous gifts. At that point, it is said, a pool sprang forward from the psyche of Brahma and the Divine Mother showed up before Parashurama to take a dunk in the lake's cool waters.

After seeing her, Parashurama spontaneously presented the Saubhagya Stotra, and the pool came to be known as the Saubhagya Kund or the Pool of Divine Benediction. Researchers hold that in old times, Nilachal Hill was the site of Khasi conciliatory love.

A regular spring in a hole here seepages out ruddy water amid the month of Ashadha (June-July). This is credited by most researchers to the vicinity of Hematite, an oxide of iron, in the rock. The Khasis trusted it to be the menstrual blood of the mother goddess and revered it.

From Kamakhya Temple, a street winds up to the ridge where an alternate shaktipeeth, Bhubaneshwari Temple, is found. Inherent late Ahom period, it is said that Sati's head fell here. The street prompting Bhubaneshwari Temple offers stupendous perspectives of the encompassing scene.

On a crisp morning one gets a perspective of the city of Guwahati sprawled along the banks of the Brahmaputra.

B. Sualkuchi

Placed on the banks of the Brahmaputra, 35 kms north of Guwahati, Sualkuchi is a weaving town that delivers a portion of the best silk in the state. This lethargic little town oozes an appeal like no other. Pretty much every house has a nearby shed (karkhana) that houses the conventional bamboo approaches,

The delicate click-clattering of which can be gotten notification from the roads. You can stroll into any of the various karkhanas and watch the capable weavers conceiving multifaceted examples on the brilliant Muga silk.

In the early years of the twentieth century, Sualkuchi was created as an "artworks town". The majority of the stores for this improvement work originated from prominent Gandhians the nation over who reacted to the "once more to the towns" trademark of Gandhiji's swadeshi drive.

Despite the fact that the weaving business of Sualkuchi remained very nearly restricted to the tanti group till the 1930's with support from the administration, individuals from different groups have taken up silk weaving. There are around 17000 silk approaches right away living up to expectations in Sualkuchi delivering a mixed scope of silk items.

A large portion of Sualkuchi's silk is woven into mekhela-chadar and gamosas. Owing to the expanding interest from different parts of the nation, the weavers of Sualkuchi have differentiated to saris, shawls and dress material.

The silk weaving of Sualkuchi gives immediate and aberrant occupation to more than 25,000 individuals as the year progressed. The extensive number of weaving machines the constantly expanding yield from them has earned Sualkuchi the monicker "Manchester of the East".

C. Hajo

Hajo, 32 kms west of Guwahati, in Kamrup region, is an imperative journey for Hindus, Buddhists and Muslims alike. Hajo is home to antiquated and medieval sanctuaries and mosques and is seen by a segment of Buddhists as the spot where the Buddha accomplished parinirvana.

a. Hayagriva Madhab Temple 

on Manikuta Hill is maybe the most seasoned sanctuary in Hajo. Accepted to have been initially manufactured by Pala rulers in sixth century AD, the present structure was raised by the Koch lord Raghudeva Narayan in 1583 after it was pulverized by an attacking armed force.

Made of stone, it houses the pictures of Hayagriva Madhab, venerated by Hindus as an incarnation of Vishnu. The garbhagriha of the sanctuary reveres the Pancha Madhab, or the five types of Vishnu. The picture of the primary divinity,

Hayagriva Madhab is at the middle and is flanked by Jagannath and Garuda to one side and Radha Govinda and Basudeva to one side. A few researchers credit a Buddhist root to the sanctuary in view of the line of caparisoned elephants etched along the plinth.

These, they say, are reminiscent of the creature figures at the Buddhist hollows of Ellora in Maharashtra. A few Buddhists are of the conclusion that the sanctuary was the site of the Buddha's parinirvana. An alternate structure nearby the primary sanctuary is called Doul Griha.

It is said to have been manufactured by the Ahom lord Pramata Singha in 1750 AD. The celebration Doul, like the bright celebration of Holi, is praised here on a thousand scale consistently. The stairway leads from the foot of the slope to a portal that opens to the sanctuary complex.

At the foot of this stone stairway is a huge lake occupied by one of Hajo's most established occupants  titan turtle. All around of the sanctuary are various detached figures. The greater part of these figures stand confirmation to the sculptural artfulness accomplished by the artisans of Assam.

Despite the fact that Hayagriva Madhab is the most mainstream, Hajo has various different sanctuaries going once more to the eighteenth century. Ganesh Temple, based on a monster, elephant-molded rock is additionally called Deva Bhavana and is generally the meeting spot of every last one of gods of the locale.

b. Kedareshwar Temple

It is spotted on Madanachala Hill, 2 kms from Ganesh Temple. The shivalinga in the sanctuary is said to be svayambhu or characteristically framed and is constantly kept secured with a major metal dish. Various references

D. Tezpur

The city of everlasting sentiment - Usha's affection for Lord Krishna's grandson Anirudha found her dad Baana's opposing notice thus he kept Usha in detachment. The spot is presently known as Agnigarh. Anirudha with the assistance of Chitralekha figured out how to make Usha his own

However not without Aniruddha being held hostage by Baana. This brought about a grisly War between L.ord Krishna and Baana and the slaughter was phenomenal. Sentimental Tezpur without a doubt got its name!

The Tezpur town possesses large amounts of archeological destinations, slopes, lakes and arrangements.

a. Da-Parbatia:

The door jamb of Da-Parbaitia is the most established example of sculptural workmanship in Assam and its cutting is normal for the style of Gupta school of craftsmanship. It goes once more to 600 AD. The puppets of goddesses Ganga and Yamuna on the Jambs of the door jamb are charming

b. Bamuni Hills:

The sculptural stays of Bamuni slopes go once again to ninth Century A.D. A cross- formed section lintel ornamented with horned Kirtimukha boards contains the figures of 10 incarnations of Vishnu.

The Bhomoraguri stone engraving of the Ahom general Kalia Bhomara Barphukan and Harjjar Varman's 9 line engraving are found close Tezpur.

c. Chitralekha Park:

The pleasant stone engraving of yore is blessed with hillocks, arrangements and lakes. The Chitralekha Udyan, the most wonderful arrangement of Tezpur has great fancy stone columns, sculptural relics, water sports office, rich green walkways and a little amphitheater as well. Here, the old and the present day exist together in amicability.

d. Agnigarh Slope

It is the site of the incredible sentiment of Princess Usha , the girl of King Bana and Aniruddha , the grandson of Krishna. Ruler Bana kept Usha on this hillock encompassed by flame. A scene arrangement with dazzling models,

e. Delicate Light and Cascanding Waterfall 

This welcomes a large number of visitors to this commemoration of everlasting sentiment. The slope top gives a tremendous perspective of the Brahmaputra and the Kalia Bhomora span.

f. The Ouguri Hill 

This houses goliath stone monuments which are any rock climber's joy. The slope top gives a surrounding perspective of Tezpur on one side and the Brahmaputra on the other side The Padum Pukhuri, truly significance lotus lake, has an exquisite focal island.

A musical wellspring and a toy train are other fascination in the Padum Pukhuri Park.

g. The Mahabhairab Temple 

This accepted to have been assembled by King Bana, has one of the greatest and most seasoned Shivalingas of the world. It pulls in a large number of lovers particularly amid Shiv Ratri celebration. Other noteworthy sanctuaries in the region of Tezpur incorporate Holleshwar, Bhairavi and Rudrapada temple..

h. Sonitpur Tea  L ocale

It  has 73 tea enclosures including world's greatest tea arrangement, Monabari . A visit to a tea enclosure gives understanding not just into tea making and the novel society connected with it additionally gives the kind of past period of the Raj.

Getting Here

Tezpur is decently joined via air,road and rail

AIR LINKS

Direct Alliance Air flights to Tezpur from Kolkata are accessible on Thursdays and Sundays.

Where to Stay:

Prashaanti Tourist Lodge, Jenkins Road, Tezpur, Ph : 03712-2210 6

Focus Point

Primary Road, Opp.police station

Contact

Ph.: 03712-232359/232295 & 9854000108,  Fax:0374-223210

Kanyapur

N.T.Road, Ph.03712-220261/222311

KRC

J.N.Road, Ph.03712-222688/788/9706521793 Fax:  03712  223188

Luit

Ranu Singh Road, Ph. 03712-222083/224708

Madhuban

Close Kamrupia Namghar,  Ph.03712  221180/233467