Hajo (Hayagriva Madhava & Powa Mecca)
Hajo, Assam, India
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Sualkuchi (Silk Weaving Village)
Kamrup, Assam
The 'Manchester of the East' on the Brahmaputra's bank — thousands of looms weaving golden muga and pat silk into the mekhela-chador of Assam.
Madan Kamdev (Khajuraho of Assam)
Kamrup, Assam
The ruins of a 10th–12th-century temple complex of erotic and divine sculpture on a wooded hill — the mysterious 'Khajuraho of Assam' near Guwahati.
Saraighat Bridge & Battle Site
Guwahati, Assam
The Brahmaputra rail-road bridge at the narrows where Ahom general Lachit Borphukan crushed the Mughal navy in 1671 — a proud site of Assamese history.
Deepor Beel Bird Sanctuary
Guwahati, Assam
Assam's only Ramsar wetland, on Guwahati's edge — a freshwater lake of lesser adjutants, migratory ducks and elephants that cross from the Rani hills.
Doul Govinda & North Guwahati Temples
Guwahati, Assam
The Krishna temple of Doul Govinda across the river, famed for its Holi Doul festival — reached by ferry with a cluster of old north-bank shrines.
Kamakhya Temple
Guwahati, Assam
Atop Nilachal Hill above the Brahmaputra sits the most revered of the 51 Shakti Peethas — a beehive-domed shrine where the goddess is worshipped as the source of creation itself, thronged by tantrics and pilgrims, especially during the Ambubachi Mela.
Aswaklanta & Manikarneswar, North Guwahati
Guwahati, Assam
Ahom-era hill temples on the Brahmaputra's north bank — the Aswaklanta Vishnu temple and Manikarneswar Shiva shrine, reached by ferry with river views.
Bhubaneswari Temple & Guwahati Hill Views
Guwahati, Assam
A hilltop Devi temple on the Nilachal range above Kamakhya — the finest panorama over Guwahati, the Brahmaputra and its islands.
Dipor Bil to Rani Eco Camp Trail
Kamrup, Assam
The green corridor from Deepor Beel's wetlands into the Rani-Garbhanga forests — a birding-and-butterfly trail linking Ramsar lake to reserve-forest hills.
Umananda Temple (Peacock Island)
Guwahati, Assam
A Shiva temple on the world's smallest inhabited river island, mid-Brahmaputra — reached by ferry, home to the rare golden langur and Ahom-era carvings.
Nilachal Ropeway (Kamakhya–City)
Guwahati, Assam
India's longest river ropeway across the Brahmaputra, linking the city to North Guwahati — aerial views of the great river, its islands and the temple hills.
Brahmaputra River Cruise & Sunset, Guwahati
Guwahati, Assam
Sunset dinner cruises on the mighty Brahmaputra — dolphin sightings, the Umananda island silhouette and the city's ghats aglow from the water.