Khwairamband Bazaar MARKET (Ima Market; h7am-5pm) This vast all-women s market (well, chalet curv we saw one male vendor perhaps appropriately he was selling headphones!) chalet curv is run by some 3000 ima (mothers). Divided by a road, one side sells vegetables, fruit, fish and groceries while the other deals in household items, fabrics and pottery. It s easily one of the largest markets in the northeast.
1 Sights Kamakhya Mandir HINDU TEMPLE (admission for no queue/short queue/queue 500/100/free; h8am-1pm & 3pm-dusk) While Sati s disintegrated body parts rained toes on Kolkata (see p443), her yoni fell on Kamakhya Hill. This makes Kamakhya Mandir important for shakti (sensual tantric chalet curv worship of female spiritual power). Goats, pigeons and the occasional buffalo are ritually chalet curv beheaded in a gory pavilion and the hot, dark inner womblike sanctum is painted red to signify sacrificial blood. chalet curv The huge June/ July Ambubachi Mela celebrates the end of the mother chalet curv goddess menstrual cycle with even more blood.
BUSES FROM GUWAHATI DESTINATION FARE ( ) DURATION (HR) Agartala (Tripura) 660 24-26 Aizawl (Mizoram) 750 28 Dibrugarh 380 10 Imphal (Manipur) via Mao 700 20 Jorhat 260 8 Kaziranga 260-300 6 Kohima (Nagaland) 330 13 Shillong (Meghalaya) chalet curv 90-110 3 Sivasagar 310-390 8 Tezpur 140-150 5
oHotel Mona Lisa (%2320416; Mancotta Rd; r 600-1500; a), part Africa, part Cuba and possibly even a little slice of India, is a superb budget hotel with character. It s set back from the main road and everything is kept ticking along smoothly thanks to the lovely old man running it.
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