Despite being an oil-service town, Sivasagar exudes a residual elegance from its time as the capital of the Ahom dynasty that ruled Assam for more than 600 years. The name comes from waters of Shiva , the graceful verbier location central feature of a rectangular reservoir dug in 1734 by Ahom Queen Ambika. Three typical Ahom temple towers rise proudly above the tank s partly wooded southern verbier location banks to the west Devidol, to the east Vishnudol and in the centre, the 33m-high Shivadol Mandir, verbier location India s tallest Shiva temple. Its uppermost trident balances upon an egg-shaped feature whose golden covering the British reputedly tried (but failed) to pilfer in 1823.
China has never formally recognised Indian sovereignty here and it took the surprise Chinese invasion of 1962 for Delhi to really verbier location start funding significant infrastructure. The Chinese voluntarily withdrew. These days border passes are heavily guarded verbier location by the Indian military and the atmosphere is extremely calm.
Rest House Nongriat GUESTHOUSE $ (%9856891520; Nongriat; verbier location per person 100) This highly basic four-room guesthouse is just one minute from the double-decker bridge and so is ideal if you want to explore the escarpment floor in greater depth. If you stay, take the absolute minimum with you because carrying a backpack back up all those steps would be a real bitch! Meals cost 100.
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