The Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden

The Assam Sate Zoo is located at around 5 kilometers from Guwahati Railway Station in the city of Guwahati in the land of rich culture, Assam. It is also called The Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden. Spread over an area of 130 hectares, while the botanical garden covers an area of around 82 hectares.

Among the chief attraction of the city of Guwahati, State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden of Assam is one of them and it attracts huge number of visitors from both national and international. The Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden had approximated an average of 5 lakh visitors in a year. It is evident that the zoo is one of the most frequented tourists destinations in Guwahati in the state of Assam.

Established in the year 1982, this botanical garden has gathered a various varieties of rare species of Orchids from the northeastern state of India and were place in the Orchid house of this beautiful botanical garden of Assam State Zoo. The garden is beautifully decorated with trees of various types that abound in plenty. The garden has planted palm, conifers, broad-leafed plants,fox-tailed Orchids, variety of herbs and shrubs.

A FLORAL TREASURE
* Native species : 345
* Exotic species : 280
* Orchid species : 40
* Bamboo species : 10
* Palm species : 12

The zoo is supervised by the office of the divisional forest officer. The zoo has a huge collection of reptiles, mammals and aves.

THE HIGHLIGHTS
* Animal Exhibits
* Museum
* Reptile House
* Botanical Garden
* Herbarium Collection
* Natural Forest


ANIMAL EXHIBITS : A SUMMARY
* About 600 animals, birds and reptiles
* Around 84 species
* Many rare and endangered species
* Several indigenous species endemic to North-East India

OTHER ATTRACTIONS
* Animal adoption
* Animal tales
* Energy high
* Jogger’s trail
* Jumbo Ride
* Towering Heights

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Happy Bhogali Bihu

Wish you all a very happy Bhogali Bihu

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IT Park in Guwahati

The government of Assam proposes to develop IT Park in Guwahati - the abode of Goddess Kamakhya, measuring in a area about 100 acres located near Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode for infrastructure development, marketing, setting up of mechanism for operations and maintenance of the IT Park project.

It will be the commercial bridge between Southeast Asian countries and the rest of India. The city has graduated to a business hub and a center of higher education.

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Guwahati: Comercial city of North Eastern part of India

Guwahati (Assamese: গুৱাহাটী, previously spelled Gauhati) is a major city in the north eastern part of India, often considered as the gateway to the North-East Region(NER) of the country and is the largest city within the region. Dispur, the capital City of Assam,is located within the city.

Guwahati is one of the most rapidly growing cities in India. According to a survey done by a UK media outlet, Guwahati is among the 100 fastest growing cities of the world, and is the 5th fastest growing among Indian cities.

The city sits between the southern bank of the Brahmaputra river and the foothills of the Shillong plateau. The city is gradually being expanded to the northern bank of the Brahmaputra (North Guwahati). It is a major commercial and educational center of eastern India and is home to world class institutions such as the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. The city is also a major center for cultural activities and sports in the North Eastern Region and for the administrative and political activities of Assam. The city is also an important hub for transportation in the North East Region.

As a river port, Guwahati has traditionally been an important administrative and trading center. The name Guwahati is derived from two Assamese words: 'guwa' (areca nut) and 'haat'(market place). The name used to be spelled as Gowhatty (pre-colonial and colonial),standardized to Gauhati (colonial-British), which was then changed to the present form in the late 1980s to conform to the local pronunciation.

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Barpeta District of Assam

In the year 1983 July, Barpeta district was carved out of erstwhile Kamrup district of Assam. The district gets its name from the head-quarter town Of Barpeta. A lower district Of Assam and is bounded by Bhutan in the North, Nalbari district in the East, In the south, it is bounded by beautiful districts called  Kamrup and Goalpara and Bongaigaon in the West.

Attractions 

Barpeta Satra, Barpeta

Pari Hareswar Devalaya, Dubi

Chinpara Vithi, Barpeta

Dargah Of Syed Shahnur Dewan, Bhella

Sundaridiya Satra, Barpeta

Gorokhia Gosair Than, Niz Sariha(Sorbhog)

Patbaushi Satra, Patbaushi

Manas National Park, North Barpeta

Ganakkuchi Satra, Barpeta

Brass-Metal Industry Of Sarthebari

Baradi Satra, Baradi

Facts & Figures

Year of formation:  1985

Area:  3245 Sq. Km

Latitude: 26°5'- 26°49' North

Longitude:  90°39'- 91°17' East

Population (2001): 1642420

Male: 846106

Female: 796314

Population density: 506 Per Sq. Km

Sex Ratio: 941

Literacy Rate: 61.65%

No. Of Sub-Division: 2

No. Of Tehsil:           9

No. Of Blocks:          12

No. Of Villages: 1086

Postal Code: 781301

STD Code: 03665

How to reach Barpeta Town

Barpeta Is Well connected by road. There are regular bus services available between Barpeta and Guwahati. 

Distance From Barpeta: Guwahati 140 Km

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Umamand Temple in Guahati, Assam

The temple of Umananda is located on the Pea cock Island (as named by some poetic British Administrator) in the middle of the river Brahmaputra at Guwahati. Country boats that are available at this place take the visitors to the island. The mountain on which the temple has been built is known as Bhasmacala.

The Legend Says, Siva is said to have resided here in the form of Bhayananda. According to the Kalika Purana, in the beginning of the creation Siva sprinkled ashes (bhasma) at this place and imparted knowledge to Parvati (his consort). It is said that, when Siva was in meditation on this hillock, Kamadeva interrupted his yoga and was therefore burnt to ashes by the fire of Siva’s anger and hence the hillock got the name Bhasmacala.

This mountain is also called Bhasmakuta. The Kalika Purana states that Urvasikunda is situated here and here resides the goddess Urvasi who brings Amrit (nectar) for the enjoyment of Kamakhya and hence the island got the name Urvasi Island.

History of the Temple The temple of Umananda was built in 1694 A.D. by the Bar Phukan Garhganya Handique by the order of King Gadadhar Singh (1681- 1696), one of the ablest and strongest rulers of the Ahom dynasty. The original temple was however immensely damaged by a devastating earthquake of 1897. Later, it was reconstructed by a rich local merchant who chose to inscribe the interior part of a Siva temple with Vaisnavite slogans.

The Strcuture of the Umananda Temple The temple has inherited some rock-cut figures, which speak passionately of the masterly skill of the Assamese craftsmen. The sculptures here show that the worshippers there followed all the principal Hindu gods. We find representations of Surya, Ganesha, Shiva and Devi (with a scorpion as emblem) in addition to those of Visnu and his ten incarnations (avatar).
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