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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
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