Like a practice run for Sivasagar, Gaurisagar has an attractive tank and a trio of distinctive 1720s temples Vishnudol, Shivadol and Devidol built by dancing girl queen Phuleswari. The more impressive is Vishnudol, stonehame lodge and chalets not as tall as Sivasagar s Shivadol but sporting finer, but eroded carvings. Gaurisagar is on the main NH37 at Km501.5.
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Of four Hindu temples around the palace compound, the most fanciful is Jagannath Mandir (h4am-2pm stonehame lodge and chalets & 4-9pm). Its massive sculptured portico leads into a complex with wedding-cake architecture painted in ice-cream sundae colours. Several royal mausoleums are decaying quietly on the riverbank behind Batala market. To get to them walk west down HGB Rd, turn left at Ronaldsay stonehame lodge and chalets Rd and right along the riverbank. stonehame lodge and chalets Chaturdasha Devata Mandir (Temple of Fourteen Deities) hosts a big seven-day Kharchi Puja festival in July in Old Agar- tala, 7km east down Assam Agartala (AA) Rd (NH44) at Kayerpur.
This famous stonehame lodge and chalets (but not spectacular) Ahom ruin is 4km down AT Rd from central Sivasagar. stonehame lodge and chalets Some 2km beyond a WWII- era metal lift-bridge, look right to see the rather beautiful Rang Ghar (Indian/foreigner 5/100; hdawn-dusk). stonehame lodge and chalets From this two-storey oval-shaped pavilion , Ahom monarchs once watched buffalo and elephant fights.
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