Assam Explore

[assamexplore-blog]

Naranarayan Setu

The Naranarayan Setu is on the National Highway 17 route, formerly the NH-31B route. The third bridge built over the Brahmaputra River in Assam, India, was Naranarayan Setu. It is a double-decker bridge. There is a highway at the top of the bridge with a rail line below it. It is 2284 kilometers long and links Jogighopa, a town in the northern part of Bongaigaon with Pancharatna, in the southern part of the Goalpara district. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, then Prime Minister of India, opened the bridge on 15 April 1998. The bridge was build under the consortium of The Braithwaite Burn and Jessop Construction Company Limited(BBJ). The cost of building this bridge is approximately 301 crore.

[assamexplore-blog]

Kolia Bhomora Setu

The Kolia Bhomora Setu is a concrete road bridge over the river Brahmaputra close to Tezpur and Kaliabor in Assam. The bridge was named after Kalia Bhomora Phukan, Ahom General. This bridge is located along the National Highway 715, formerly called NH-37A. This Kolia Bhomora Setu links north end of Sonitpur and south end of Nagaon District. The bridge is 3015 meters long and was built between 1981 and 1987. Tis bridge was opened by Rajiv Gandhi. On 14 April 1987, Department of Post, Ministry of Communications, released an INR 2 Memorial Stamp. Hindustan Construction Company was granted a Certificate of Merit by the American Concrete Institute in 1988. Kolia Bhomora Setu is one of the best driving areas. In the growth of northeastern India, alongside tourism, the bridge plays a key role-it break off the remainder of the nation from the north-eastern countries.

[assamexplore-blog]

Barak River

The Barak River is a 2000 km river flowing through India's Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram and Assam States and Bangladesh's Bay of Bengal. It's been conceived as one of India's inland rivers. Barak River storage area extends over 880,000 km² (340,000 m²). There is a broad range of flora and fauna found in Barak River's surroundings. The Barak River is one of the South Assam's main river. The river is 564 km long and belongs to the Surma-Meghna Basin. It rises in Manipur hill region where the rivers of hills are the largest and most significant. It passes by Mizoram and Assam after Manipur. Later in Bangladesh, it breaks into the rivers of Surma and Kushiyara. In India, Bangladesh and Burma are the Barak River sub-basin channels. The sut channel region is 41,723 km², or almost 1,38 percent of the India's total geographical region. The Barail Range is to the north and separates it from the sub-basin of Brahmaputra, Na Lushai Hills to the east, while the Bangladesh River is to the south and west. Barak River's reservoir can be found in Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Assam, Tripura and Nagaland.

[assamexplore-blog]

Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary - Famous for it's Bengal Florican

Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Sonitpur district of Assam. The Wildlife Sanctuary includes an area of 44.06 square kilometers, on the south bank of the Brahmaputra River of Sonitpur district Assam. In 1974 the region became a reserve forest and in 1995 it was converted into a wildlife sanctuary. The region is situated 40 km from Tezpur and 181 km from Guwahati. Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary is famous for it's Bengal Florican. Behind the wildlife sanctuary, the Brahmaputra River provides a picturesque focal point. So visitors can see the wealth of flora and fauna and take a look at one of the country's largest rivers. It's a very remarkable wealth of wildlife at the Bura Chapori Wildlife Sanctuary. The wonderful Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros, Florian Bengal, Leopard, Deer, Civet Cat, Wild Boar, Wild Buffalos, Otter etc. are here to discover. There are different species of migratory birds are present in the wildlife sanctuary like wintering ferruginous ducks. Moreover many reptiles are also found here. There are plenty of fishes are available here and watching them in moving their bodies in water would be really enjoyable.

[assamexplore-blog]

Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary - Famous for its Great Indian One-horned Rhinos

Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in Morigaon district of Assam, India. The distance from Morigaon town to Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is around 37.3 km and to Guwahati is around 48.1 km. Here a large number of one-horned rhinos are present. The area of the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is 38.8 km², from that the efficient rhino area is only 16 km². In the year of 1971 Pobitora was declared a reserve forest and in 1987 it was declared a wildlife sanctuary. Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary includes a hillock which name is Raja Mayong and flat floodplains. Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is is primarily renowned for its one-horned rhinos. Besides from rhinos other animals like leopard, wild boar, barking deer and wild buffalo are also present in the sanctuary. More than 2000 migratory birds and multiple reptiles are also present in Assam's Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary. This wildlife sanctuary is also a significant area of birds. Six rhinos were relocated and re-introduced to the Manas national park between December 2010 and January 2011 under the Indian Vision for Rhino 2020 (IRV 2020), a joint program between the Environment and Forests Department, the Govt of Assam, WWF India, the International Rhino Foundation and the US Fish & Wildlife Service. Two rhinos were initially moved from the Pobitora National Park to the Manas Park in 2008 in a similar manner under the same programme.

[assamexplore-blog]

Tea Gardens In Assam

Assam is a state on either side of the Brahmaputra river in northwest India and is located at the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh. It has some of the best tea gardens and is the biggest Tea Growing Region in the world. The rainfall in this region of India is high, and during the monsoon it falls 10-12 inches (250-300 mm). This time, high amount of heat (approximately 96.8 ° F/36 ° C) creates a real greenhouse effect. The impact on the tea plants of this tropical climate is characterized by malty flavour. They manufacture many black teas today on the market. The family of the tea plants is Camellia sinensis var. assamica. The majority of the gardens in Western Bengal, India, are comparatively flat and nearer to sea level. Due to the warm and moist environment and a absence of a lengthy enough cold period for quiescence, tea plants develop most of the year. Most of the tea gardens in Assam have no tea plant factory of their own. They cultivate tea leaves and sell them at the auction or arrange for the processing of the leaves with another tea plant factory. In the past few years, many companies such as Goodricke and McLeod Russel have bought many tea garden areas, consolidating and selling the tea leaves at auction or in their factories, depending upon the economic terms and conditions.

[assamexplore-blog]

Brahmaputra River - A major river of Asia

The Brahmaputra River is one of Asia's biggest rivers, it is running through China, India and Bangladesh. In Jogighopa, India, Brahmaputra River add with the Manas River passes through Bhutan. The Brahmaputra River flows across southern Tibet to break through the Himalayas (e.g. Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon) and to Arunachal Pradesh (india) with its origin in the Manasarovar Lake region, which is situated in the north part of the Himalayas in Burang County, Tibet. It passes South-West as Brahmaputra River through Assam and South as the Jamuna through Bangladesh.It merges to the River Padma, which popular name is River Ganges in Bangladesh in the vast Ganges Delta and finally it merged to the Meghna River, which is then known as Meghna until being vacated into the Bay of Bengal. The Brahmaputra River is a major river for transportation and irrigation approximately 2,899.9 km long. It has an average depth of 38 m and a peak depth of 120 m. When the Himalayan ice melts the river is likely to have catastrophic floods in the spring. The average water flow from the river is about 19,800 m3/s and during floods it becomes 100,000 m3/s. The river is a classic instance of a tangled river and very vulnerable to migration and separation from the channel. The Brahmaputra River is one of the world's few rivers with a tidal bore.

[assamexplore-blog]

Bogibeel Bridge - The longest rail-cum-road bridge in India

Assam Explore- Get every information about the must visit popular tourist places in Assam.

[assamexplore-blog]

Dhola Sadiya bridge - India's longest bridge

The Dhola-Sadiya Bridge is the longest bridge in India, which links Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. this bridge is also known as Bhupen Hazarika Setu. The bridge extends from Dhola, which is a village of Tinsukia district (distance 68.7 km). The bridge is the first continuous highway link from northern Assam to east Arunachal Pradesh. The length of the Dhola-Sadiya Bridge is 9.15 km (5.69 mi). Nevertheless, the Kacchi Dargah – Bidupur Bridge is anticipated to be the longest bridge in India after its projected completion by December 2020, and it is 9.76 kilometers (6.06 mi) under building in the Indian state of Bihar. The Dhola-Sadiya bridge is intended for dealing with the weight of 60 ton (130,000 livres) tanks such as the Indian Army's Arjun and T-72 primary combat tanks, with fast travel of India's defense resources in mind following incursions by the Chinese Army. Since the Chinese-Indian War, China has politically and militarily contested India's assertion that Arunachal Pradesh has made a bridge an significant tactical asset for the continuing conflict.

[assamexplore-blog]

Navagraha Temple - The Temple of Nine Celestial Bodies

The Navagraha temple is located in the town of Guwahati, Assam, India at the top of Chitrachal Hill. In the temple are nine Lord Shiva phallic emblems, each covered in a separate cloth of Surya, Chandra, Mangala, Budha, Brihaspati, Shukra, Shani, Rahu, and Ketu. Nine Shivalingas, each with a colorful garment symbolic of each heavenly organ, representing the nine celestial bodies, are inscribed in this temple with a Shivalingas. The Navagraha temple was constructed in the early 18th century by Ahom King Rajeswar Singha. Earlier an earthquake destroyed the temple tower and a bigger part of it. But the Garbhagriha or the internal and the top part of the temple was able to survived and it was replaced with corrugated steel sheets.

[assamexplore-blog]

Kamakhya Temple - The Origin of Black Magic

The Kamakhya temple, also known as the Temple of Kamrup-Kamakhya, is a temple of the Hindu mother goddess Kamakhya. Among the 51 Shakti Pithas, Kamakhya temple is the oldest one. Kamakhya temple is situated on a Nilachal hill in the west of Guwahati town in Assam, India. Among the ten individual temples Kali, Sodashi, Bhuvaneshwari, Tara, Dhumavati, Chhinnamasta, Bagalamukhi, Bhairavi, Kamalatmika and Matangi. Kamakhya temple is the main temple devoted to the ten Mahavidyas of the Saktish. In the principal temple are Tripurasundari, Matangi and Kamala, and in individual shrines there are the other seven. For Hindus and particularly for tantric adorers it is an significant pilgrimage location. Legend of Kamakhya Temple According to Hindu mythology, Once Sati's father invited her into a big yagna. Sati wanted to go to the yagna, but her husband, Lord Shiva, denied her permission. But Sati fighting with her husband and went to the yagna but when she arrived in the yagna, her husband insulted by her father. Sati furiously hit the heart, and so she give up her life into the fire. Lord Shiva could not take the death of his wife Sati easily and he was out of measured angry. He took the body of his wife and began to do tandava. The tandava of Lord Shiva is assumed to be the dance of destruction. Lord Vishnu intervened in order to save the universe, and thus he cut her body into 108 sections by using his Sudarshan Chakra. The Kamakhya temple should be located where the womb and the vaginal portion of Sati fell and therefore it is regarded to be a sign of the strength and fertility of women. Black Magic and Tantric Puja The Kamakhya temple had been known for centuries for black magic. The temple was in the light to remove and restrict black magic for its unique puja. This puja is conducted in the temple outskirts by Sadhus and Aghoris. This puja involves rituals that help people with black magic problems. In Kamakhya temple many tantrics also organize puja that repels dark spirits and fantasies. The puja led by these tantrics helps one get rid of his nefarious energies. Especially during ambubachi mela, it begins life when thousands of tantric visit the Kamakhya temple. During these pujas animal sacrifices like goat, pigeon, buffalo etc are take place. The majority of Kaul tantras are assumed to have come from Kamrup. For a tantric to be totally powerful, it is believed that he must be visit Kamakhya temple to pay the goddess Kamakhya his offerings and prayers. The tantric can also assist to bless married, kids, wealth, and so on.

[assamexplore-blog]

Agnigarh - Love Site of Northeast

Agnigarh is situated in Tezpur district of Assam, which is around 4.8 km away from the Tezpur town. It is famous as the love site of northeast. The literal meaning of Agnigarh is "accommodation between fire". The meaning of Agni in Assamese is Fire and Garh means castle covered by walls. Agnigarh is a green hillock that was once a castle and is now an incredible hil-garden with landscaped rolling greensward and several nicely carved monuments throughout the site. As per Hindu mythology, Agnigarh is the site of the castle, which was constantly surrounded by a fire to allow no one to enter and leave the perimeter without consent. The son of Bali, Bana (also called Banasura) constructed it to isolate his daughter Usha. Banasura was a horrible and strong asura but he was Lord Shiva's prime devotee. Behind such an outstanding name Agnigarh there is a legendary tale. Usha, the daughter of King Banasura once saw in her dream a very lovely person and falling in love with him, he was the grandson of Lord Krishna. His name is Aniruddha. Before he appeared in her dreams, she didn't even see him. Chitralekha, Usha's companion, had been a master sculptor and drew an Aniruddha portrait using only the descriptions of Usha. She succeeded extremely well with the drawing, helping Usha to recognize him. But with that connection, King Bana was unhappy. Chitralekha, under Gandharva rites, spirited the prince away with his magic power and secretly married him to Usha. King Bana was not pleased about this, and put Aniruddha into prison and built Agnigarh fortified so Usha could not meet him. When Lord Krishna knew this, he went to Aniruddha's rescue. Not long after, Between the Lord and the Asura King Banasura was a very fierce fight. Indeed, it is thought that during the excellent Mahabharata War the fight between Lord Krishna and the King Banasura was fought in this very location in Tezpur, and so Lord Krishna allowed the pair to be united.

[assamexplore-blog]

Navagraha Temple - The Temple of Nine Celestial Bodies

The Navagraha temple is located in the town of Guwahati, Assam, India at the top of Chitrachal Hill. In the temple are nine Lord Shiva phallic emblems, each covered in a separate cloth of Surya, Chandra, Mangala, Budha, Brihaspati, Shukra, Shani, Rahu, and Ketu. Nine Shivalingas, each with a colorful garment symbolic of each heavenly organ, representing the nine celestial bodies, are inscribed in this temple with a Shivalingas. The Navagraha temple was constructed in the early 18th century by Ahom King Rajeswar Singha. Earlier an earthquake destroyed the temple tower and a bigger part of it. But the Garbhagriha or the internal and the top part of the temple was able to survived and it was replaced with corrugated steel sheets.

[assamexplore-blog]

Kamakhya Temple - The Origin of Black Magic

The Kamakhya temple, also known as the Temple of Kamrup-Kamakhya, is a temple of the Hindu mother goddess Kamakhya. Among the 51 Shakti Pithas, Kamakhya temple is the oldest one. Kamakhya temple is situated on a Nilachal hill in the west of Guwahati town in Assam, India. Among the ten individual temples Kali, Sodashi, Bhuvaneshwari, Tara, Dhumavati, Chhinnamasta, Bagalamukhi, Bhairavi, Kamalatmika and Matangi. Kamakhya temple is the main temple devoted to the ten Mahavidyas of the Saktish. In the principal temple are Tripurasundari, Matangi and Kamala, and in individual shrines there are the other seven. For Hindus and particularly for tantric adorers it is an significant pilgrimage location. Legend of Kamakhya Temple According to Hindu mythology, Once Sati's father invited her into a big yagna. Sati wanted to go to the yagna, but her husband, Lord Shiva, denied her permission. But Sati fighting with her husband and went to the yagna but when she arrived in the yagna, her husband insulted by her father. Sati furiously hit the heart, and so she give up her life into the fire. Lord Shiva could not take the death of his wife Sati easily and he was out of measured angry. He took the body of his wife and began to do tandava. The tandava of Lord Shiva is assumed to be the dance of destruction. Lord Vishnu intervened in order to save the universe, and thus he cut her body into 108 sections by using his Sudarshan Chakra. The Kamakhya temple should be located where the womb and the vaginal portion of Sati fell and therefore it is regarded to be a sign of the strength and fertility of women. Black Magic and Tantric Puja The Kamakhya temple had been known for centuries for black magic. The temple was in the light to remove and restrict black magic for its unique puja. This puja is conducted in the temple outskirts by Sadhus and Aghoris. This puja involves rituals that help people with black magic problems. In Kamakhya temple many tantrics also organize puja that repels dark spirits and fantasies. The puja led by these tantrics helps one get rid of his nefarious energies. Especially during ambubachi mela, it begins life when thousands of tantric visit the Kamakhya temple. During these pujas animal sacrifices like goat, pigeon, buffalo etc are take place. The majority of Kaul tantras are assumed to have come from Kamrup. For a tantric to be totally powerful, it is believed that he must be visit Kamakhya temple to pay the goddess Kamakhya his offerings and prayers. The tantric can also assist to bless married, kids, wealth, and so on.

[assamexplore-blog]

Agnigarh - Love Site of Northeast

Agnigarh is situated in Tezpur district of Assam, which is around 4.8 km away from the Tezpur town. It is famous as the love site of northeast. The literal meaning of Agnigarh is "accommodation between fire". The meaning of Agni in Assamese is Fire and Garh means castle covered by walls. Agnigarh is a green hillock that was once a castle and is now an incredible hil-garden with landscaped rolling greensward and several nicely carved monuments throughout the site. As per Hindu mythology, Agnigarh is the site of the castle, which was constantly surrounded by a fire to allow no one to enter and leave the perimeter without consent. The son of Bali, Bana (also called Banasura) constructed it to isolate his daughter Usha. Banasura was a horrible and strong asura but he was Lord Shiva's prime devotee. Behind such an outstanding name Agnigarh there is a legendary tale. Usha, the daughter of King Banasura once saw in her dream a very lovely person and falling in love with him, he was the grandson of Lord Krishna. His name is Aniruddha. Before he appeared in her dreams, she didn't even see him. Chitralekha, Usha's companion, had been a master sculptor and drew an Aniruddha portrait using only the descriptions of Usha. She succeeded extremely well with the drawing, helping Usha to recognize him. But with that connection, King Bana was unhappy. Chitralekha, under Gandharva rites, spirited the prince away with his magic power and secretly married him to Usha. King Bana was not pleased about this, and put Aniruddha into prison and built Agnigarh fortified so Usha could not meet him. When Lord Krishna knew this, he went to Aniruddha's rescue. Not long after, Between the Lord and the Asura King Banasura was a very fierce fight. Indeed, it is thought that during the excellent Mahabharata War the fight between Lord Krishna and the King Banasura was fought in this very location in Tezpur, and so Lord Krishna allowed the pair to be united.

[assamexplore-blog]

Sivadol - The Tallest Siva Temple of India

Sivadol is situated in the bank of the Sivasagar tank, which is around 1.8 km away from the main Sivasagar town. This Sivasagar tank is also known as Borpukhuri tank. A group of constructions, including the three Hindu temples of Sivadol, Vishnadole (meaning Lord Vishnu temple) and Devidol (meaning Goddess Durga's temple), and the museum are Sivasagar Sivadol (meaning Lord Shiva's temple). Sivadol was built by Bar Raja Ambika in 1734, she was the queen of Ahom Swargadeo Siba Singha. Sivadol is thought to be the tallest Shiva Temple in the entire India and standing at a height of 104 feet (32 m) and its perimeter at the base is 50 feet (59 m). It has a golden dome, which is 8 feet high (2.4 m).

[assamexplore-blog]

Charaideo Maidams - The Capital of Ahom Kingdom

Charaideo Maidams is located around 27.9 km away from the Sivasagar district of Assam. It is a graveyard for the kings, queens and ancient gods of the Ahoms. Charaideo Maidams is also known as the "Pyramids of Assam". In 1253 EC, the Kingdom of Ahom was first created by the first king of Ahom, Chao Lung Siu-Ka-Pha and Charaideo was the capital of the Ahom Kingdom. Although during the 600 years of domination, the capital relocated to other locations but Charaideo stayed the Ahom energy symbol. There were currently more than 150 Maidam, but only 30 Maidams were protected by the Indian and Assam Department of Archaeological Surveys. Most of these maidams are being damaged and invaded by the peoples. The Bali Maidam is largest unprotected Maidam, which is close to Nimonagarh.