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Hotel Shiva Palace
is located at Sibsagar (Sivasagar) (Assam,
India) in heart of the town. It is one of the best hotels in Sibsagar having
40 rooms.
Other facilities
comprise a Lounge Bar, Multi-cuisine Restaurant and Conference / Banquet
facilities.
Sightseeing /
Attractions
This city's main feature is the water body from which it gets its name. This is a 257 acre tank also called Borpukhuri, at a higher elevation than the rest of the town, with three
temples ("Dol"s in Assamese) on its banks. Of these temples, the most prominent is the Sivadol, standing tall at 104 feet, drawing large crowds on Shiv Ratri. The other temples are the Vishnudol and Devidol. The temples were built
in the year 1734.
Other attractions include the Rang Ghar, the double-storied, oval shaped amphitheatre with a roof which is shaped like an inverted boat, and the seven-storied, Talatol Ghar. The latter is a palace with two secret tunnels and three floors underground. Joysagar, said to be the biggest man-made lake in the country, is spread over 318 acres of water on the edge of the town in an area called
Rangpur.
A new addition is the Ahom Museum on the bank of the Sibsagar. It stores artefacts of the rulers, including swords, clothes, manuscripts, goblets and platters. The ancient capital of the Ahoms is Gargaon about 13 km east from Sibsagar, where the major draw is the Kareng Ghar, a seven-storied palace built by 18th century architects.
One can take a day trip from Sibsagar to Dibrugarh, one of the major tea-producing centres of the subcontinent.
Distances :
Guwahati - 360 kms, Jorhat - 55 kms, Diburgarh - 80 kms, Tinsukia - 120 kms,
Kaziranga - 152 kms
Sibsagar is visited
by business and leisure traveller as a part of North East India Itinerary. |
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