Tag - Travel to North East

Tashiding Monastery- the holiest monastery of Sikkim

Tashiding Monastery is believed to be the holiest monastery in Sikkim. The legend is that just the glimpse of Thongwa Rangdol Shrine (chorten) , washes away your sins. Seeing is cleansing here; no need to take a holy dip into a holy river. The walk up to the monastery is dotted with white coloured prayer...

Nameri National Park-an ideal vacation option

Nameri National park – for the wildlife and nature lovers Assam is blessed with a diverse wildlife and there are many national parks and sanctuaries in the state. Nameri national park is spread across an area of around 200 square kilometres and the Jia Bhoroli  river flows in between the park , which adds a lot of...

Ahom Dynasty of Assam – that ruled Assam for 598 years

My tryst with Indian history was through the school text books. I learnt more about them through the history books, newspaper articles, TV serials and movies as I was growing up. I am sure , all of us  are aware of the Mauryas, the Marathas, the Rajputs, the Pallavas, the Cholas etc . They were...

Majuli – World’s Largest River Island

Majuli is the world's largest river island. I grew up in a small town called Jorhat, only 44 Km from there. But, I never thought of visiting the island. I guess, I was always charmed by the big cities. Years later, my work brought me back to Assam. I then decided to explore this island....

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