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Guwahati – Trip to the heart of beautiful Assamese unique culture<\/font><\/h2>\n
I  had heard a lot about Umanand Island (Peacock Island) and kamakhya Temple from my parents.  To me, Kamakhya was a synonym for Guwahati which is the capital of Assam state. My mother is a religious person.  During the one of religious discourse, I heard about the mystic demure of Maa Shakti and Lord Shiva and importance of Kamakhya Temple and Umananda Temple.  Kamakhya Temple is the living place of Maa Shakti and beautiful Shiva Temple (Umananda Temple is also called Shiva Temple) is the living place of Lord Shiva.  The earliest story which I could remember about this place was blood seeping through the rock in a temple.  Being a child, I was curious and at the same time, its mysticism made me have deep revere for this place in my early childhood.  Despite this, I never got a chance to visit to explore Kamakhya and Umananda Island (Shiva Temple).  By the grace of Maa (Mother) Kamakhya, last year winter, I got an opportunity to make my trip to Umananda Island (beautiful Shiva Temple) and Kamakhya Temple.  My mother would like to visit Maa Kamakhaya Temple and the beautiful Shiva Temple, we all agreed.  Especially  Umananda Island is which is the most beautiful and the world smallest inhabited riverine island situated in the middle of the Brahmaputra river in the city of the Guwahati.  <\/font>Island in the world which I have explored in this Tour & Travel Blog.  This Tour & Travel Blog is all about to make my trip to Kamakhya Temple and Umananda Island (Umananda Temple) with our family members. You can visit my photo gallery of Umananda trip, a link for Umananda Photo gallery- <\/span>Photo Gallery – Umananda Island<\/a>  There are many cost-effective tour packages available by Tour & Travel agencies otherwise you can book hotels and other services through online.  But before booking, please check the reviews of hotels and other services otherwise you can be cheated by them.  I have book hotels and other main services through direct online.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Guwahati is popularly known for Maa Kamakhya Temple dedicated to the Hindu Goddess – Maa Kamakhya.  It is the most sacred holy places for Shakti worship in Hindu religion.  It is also popularly as a Shakti Peeth (Temple) among Saakt  Sadhak (worshiper).  Shakti Peetha is the place where the land is highly revered for self – enlightenment.  It is considered that cosmic energy is vibrant at this place.  This is a reason, why we see flocks of sadhus at these places.  The mythological aspects of this temple will be covered in the next part of this Tour & Travel Blog.<\/font><\/div>\n

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This is the largest and the fastest-growing city in the state of Assam, India.  It is situated on the south bank of the Brahmaputra river and the foothills of the Shilong plateaus.  It is connected to other states via road, train and air route.  Other countries around the world are connected to Guwahati via Air routes.  There are many good and cost-effective hotels are available around Guwahati for tourist persons.  As per the epics, it is one of the ancient cities during Mahabharata period.  It was the capital of the kings Narakasura<\/i> and Bhagadatta<\/i>.  In the very early existence of this city, it was known as Pragjyotishpura<\/i> and was the capital of Assam under the Kamarupa Kingdom.  Guwahati is on the neck of transit to the North-East Himalayan valley, it was always an important city.  It is the centre of social, political, business and cultural activities in the mythological, medieval and modern periods.  Though constructions from the early ancient period are not in existence anymore some of the Medieval eras of AHOM kingdom’s construction is still seen today.  For example, today’s Fancybazaar was Bhorphukan<\/i> residence of this kingdom.  In the modern period, lots of temples, ramparts, etc. were constructed in and around Guwahati.  And during the independence struggle, it was the main epic centre of activists- Tarun Ram Phukan<\/i>, which was also of his birthplace.<\/font><\/div>\n

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There are lots of tourist spot in or around the Guwahati but most important tourist spots are following- <\/font><\/div>\n
1) Kamakhaya Temple, 2) Umananda Island, 3) Guwahati Zoo,  4) Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary,  5) Botanical Garden,  6) Hazo Temple,  7) Vashishtha Temple, 8) Bhubaneswari Temple, 9) Ugratara Temple.<\/font><\/div>\n

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We had only two days planned for our trip to Guwahati.  Hence, we couldn’t cover all these places probably next time.  Also, this was a religious trip and hence we covered only Kamakhaya Temple, Umananda Island and local markets for souvenirs and for local cuisine.<\/font><\/div>\n

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In late December, my children’s school was closed.  Also, my nephew college was also closed.  Our plan was to go to Guwahati from Kolkata.  My younger brother had also reached Patna from London via Delhi.  After spending a few days in Patna, he along with my mother reached Kolkata.  Two days before the scheduled Guwahati trip.  I along with my family members also arrived at Kolkata.  It was a great reunion; I think, we all were meeting after three years.  It was a great moment; my mother was overwhelmed with affection and love.  This type of moment is very memorable.  Together we were nine people, more the merrier for this trip.  Next day we booked two cars to reach Sealdah Railway station.  We started our journey from Kalighat to Sealdah railway station.  It was not a rush hour, so we expected to reach the destination in 30 min.  Our train was supposed to leave in 1 hr., so we had 30 min buffer time at the station.  Near Vidyapati Sethu, Raza Bazar our car stuck in a traffic jam.  In the car, we were bitten anxious, as our train was scheduled to depart and we were stuck in the famous Kolkata jam.  Looking at our anxiousness, our taxi driver investigated real-time traffic data from google and decided to detour via Bowbazar towards Sealdah station.  Thanks to his presence of mind, we reached Sealdah Junction before the scheduled time in the evening.<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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Our train’s Kamroop express reaches the platform on time   Travelling alone during college days is something, but the joy of travelling with family is something unforgettable.  The train departs from the station on its scheduled time i.e,<\/i>  sharp 18:00 hrs.  This journey is also a kind of special as this is going to be my son’s birthday trip with such a large group.  During the whole trip, my son Chaitanya entertained us with his funny and innocent childish statements.  It was a long journey, going to last for 19 hours.  We booked a small corridor seat ( six main seats and two side seat of 3rd AC coach ), so it was almost like a family cabin.  After having a light meal, we played some card games and played dumb charades.  It was getting late and we felt that our co-passengers were getting disturbed, so we decided to go to bed.  Anyway, the train is supposed to reach Guwahati next day afternoon, so we were relaxed. When we woke up the next day late in the morning, we noticed that our train is halted at a small station.  I can’t recall where we were, but our train hasn’t reached Siliguri yet.  Probably there was a superfast train on the route, and they halted our train to let this superfast train to pass.  This is very common practice in India; preferences are given to superfast train over fast or passenger trains.  Also, some stretch of the journey onwards from Siliguri has a single lane, so it also causes overloading of the track.<\/span><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
In India, we are building a bullet train track from Ahmedabad to Mumbai and another hand our normal train never reaches on time.  I hope our government rather building new infrastructure; They upgrade the pre-existing infrastructures such that train never runs late.  In Germany or Japan, if trains are late then department of transport issue refund and in India long journey trains if reaches within 4 hours of the scheduled journey then it is kind of achievement. Our train reached Guwahati station; two hours late from its scheduled time i.e., 15:00 hrs. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
We pre-booked rooms in Hotel Dynasty, closed to the railway station.  We checked the review of hotels on google and choose best to our needs and budget.  We were quite tired after our journey.  Therefore, after reaching the hotel, we decided to take rest rather than venturing out to see nearby Fancybazar. We refresh ourselves and then order in hotel room service for dinner from a local restaurant.  The hotel manager and serviceman were very accommodative.  On, their suggestions, we have chosen all local cuisine from the menu.  There are lots of popular Assamese dishes, but we restrict ourselves to the vegetarian menu.  So, we choose a popular local vegetarian dish.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n
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