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Nov 24, 2024

　　Housed in an imposing colonial-era building, the state museum has a large medieval sculpture collection and upper floors devoted to informative tribal-culture displays. In the Village Life of Assam section, you can walk through reconstructed tribal homes that give a glimpse of everyday rural life. It’s worth a visit.

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Assam State Museum

　　Housed in an imposing colonial-era building, the state museum has a large medieval sculpture collection and upper floors devoted to informative tribal-culture displays. In the Village Life of Assam section, you can walk through reconstructed tribal homes that give a glimpse of everyday rural life. It’s worth a visit. ...

　　The pretty, half-timbered Christ Church, with pointed, wood-framed windows, is one of Northeast India's oldest churches, founded in 1844. Rebuilt twice after earthquakes in 1856 and 1897, it was most recently renovated in 1978. It's surrounded by Nehru Park. ...

Ugratara Mandir

　　The red-coloured Ugratara Mandir was built in 1725 to enshrine the spot where the goddess Sati's navel is believed to have fallen when her distraught husband Shiva scattered pieces of her body across the subcontinent. It stands at the northwest corner of the twin Jorpulkuri Ponds. ...

Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary

　　This small wildlife sanctuary has a thriving population of some 130 one-horned rhinoceroses, plus around 2000 wild water buffalo and almost 2000 resident and migratory bird species. About 40km northeast of Guwahati, it makes for a good day-trip (cabs cost ₹3000 to ₹4000 round-trip). Visits are by one-hour jeep safari...

Sati Radhika Prasanti Udyan

　　Between the riverbank and Mahatma Gandhi (MG) Rd in Uzanbazar, this sliver of peaceful, tree-shaded park is police patrolled and particularly popular with courting couples around sunset. ...

Dighalipukhuri Park

　　The mildly attractive Dighalipukhuri Park has boating facilities. The lake was once connected by a channel to the Brahmaputra and was used as a naval harbour by the Ahoms. At the park's north end is the open-air War Memorial, displaying a tank, rockets and a fighter jet from the Indian...

Umananda Mandir

　　The temple complex sits on a small forested island, accessed by a 15-minute ferry ride from Umananda Ghat. Many visitors feel that the Shiva temple, which sits atop the island, is less interesting than the boat ride out to it. ...

Kamakhya Mandir

　　According to Hindu legend, when a distraught Shiva scattered the 108 (or 51) pieces of his deceased wife Sati's body across the land, her yoni (vagina) fell on Nilachal Hill, 8km west of central Guwahati. This makes Kamakhya Mandir a specially hallowed shrine for practitioners of shakti (tantric worship of...

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