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Bageswari
Temple
Bageswari Temple on the top of in the center of
Bongaigaon town is proposed to be developed as afforested hillock with a
garden and a little artificial lake fed by a perennial stream This would
advance the water catchment area of the town and the surrounding
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Gauri
Sagar Tank and Temples
The Gaurisagar tank was built by queen Phuleswari Devi (1722- 1791) and was dedicated to goddess Durga. Gaurisagar Tank and Temples is covering an area of 150 acres and enclosing Shivadol and the Vishnudol temples. Gaurisagar is only 12-km from Sibsagar.
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Janardan Temple
Janardan Temple, built in the mode of Hindu and Buddhist structural design, at Shukaleswar hillock near Shukaleswar Ghat of Brahmaputra, the heart of town, is worth seeing. It was renovated anew in 17th century.
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Jaysagar Tank and Temples
The tank was built by King Rudra Singha
in recall of his mother, Joymoti, a loyal martyr in 1697 at
Rangpur (5-km). Jaysagar Tank and Temples covers an area of
318 acres and on its bank 3 temples were built in 1698 by the
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Kamakhya Temple
Kamakhya is located on a hill - Neelachala Parvat or Kamagiri near the city of Guwahati in Assam. Shakti, residing on the Kamagiri hill is known as Kamakhya, the granter of desires. Assam traditionally has been recognized as the Kamarupa Desa and has been associated with Tantric practices and Shakti worship.
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Navagraha
Temple
As the name indicates, this temple is dedicated to the nine planets in the solar system. It is situated on Chitrachal hill in Guwahati and is a center of astrological and astronomical surrounded by large trees that shelter tribes of monkeys. The nine planets are represented by nine linga inside the main temple.
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Rudrasagar Tank and Temple
King Lakshmi Singha built the tank in 1773 in recall of his father King Rudra Singha. On its banks stand a Shiva Temple and is located 8-km gone from the Sibsagar town.
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Sri Kancha Kanti Devi Temple
From Silchar, 17-km away on the way to
airport, at Udharband is located the famous temple of Sri Sri
Kancha Kanti Devi. The Goddess is widely recognized as very
potent and that she is a union of Goddess Kali and Goddess
Durga.
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The Lalmati-Duramari Ganesh Temple
The historicity of the images are yet to be ascertained. But after a study of the stone carving and modes related to the carved idols, archeologists opine that the temple and images belong to 8th to 10th centuries AD. |
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Umananda
Temple
The Shiva temple of Umananda stands on an island bluff in the middle of the Brahmaputra. Its location, at the top of a flight of steep steps up from the beach, is more dramatic than the temple itself. Ferries and motor launches leave from Umananda Ghat, on the shore between the State Bank of India and the Ashok Hotel.
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The Mahabhairav Temple
The Mahabhairav Temple at
Tezpur believed to have been built by prehistoric monarch Bana who is
said to have first introduced the cult of the Phallus and the worship of
Siva to Assam. |
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