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PLACES OF INTEREST
- Patekibori Than
- Pabitora Wildlife Sanctury
- Sitajakhala
- Deosal Siva Temple.
- Kachasila Hill.
- Asia's Largest Dry Fish Market.
- * Pabitora Wildlife Sanctury :
- Legend says that the King of Mayong gave this name Pabitara to this
forest in the name of his lovely daughter who died in her youth.
On 18.11.1971 , this forest was declared as Reserved Forest, keeping in view that the one horned Rhinos are abound in it.
On 16.7.1987 Pabitara was declared as Pabitora Wildlife Sanctury with an area of .
38.83 Hectars. It is an ideal habitat for the world famous endangered one horned Rhino with a density of five Rhinos in every square K.M. Pobitora is also rich in migratory birds, rare species of birds, wild buffeloes and wild pigs. It is about 17 Km. from National Highway No.37 from Chamata. One I.B. is there for the tourists. Boating is another pleasure at Haduck Beel at Pobitara. - ** Kachasila :
- Just few Kms. away from Pabitora to the top of Kachasila Hills, an
ancient temple, perhaps of 9th Century ,with statues of Lord Shiva and
Parvoti. There is also a large number of statues of Lord Ganesh. The statues
and coriin stones are the matters of research.
- *** Deosal :
- It is situated by National Highway no.37 about 4 kms. away from Jagiroad
town, with a big ancient temple of Lord Shiva. Shiva Ratri Mela is observed
every Year very colourfully. Local people believe that Deosal was the Ashram
of Valmiki, where Sita Devi was left by Rama.
- **** Sitajakhala :
- It was discovered in the last year of the fourth decade of the last
Century. Several steps were made by cutting the stones from the temple to
the River Killing at the Sita Jakhala Hills.The wall of the temple is full
of statues of Hanuman & Sita herself. So people believe that Valmiki cut
those stones as steps for Sita to go to the river from the temple when she
was pregnant and leftby Rama. So the steps got the name SITA JAKHALA. This
area is very rich in cattle population.
- ***** Sivakunda :
- This is a water fall in the Amsoi hills, located about 10 k.ms.from
National Highway no.37 towards south. It is a picturesque spot and a large
number of people gather from October to March for picnic.
- ****** Joon Beel Mela :
- A traditional mela of barter where people of the hills come to the
plains with the goods produced in hills and exchange it with the goods
produced in the plains according to their need. When this practice was
started is not known clearly but the king of Gova gave it an organised form.
During Magh every year this Mela is held, symbolising the mutual under
standing between hills & plains.
- ******* Dry Fish Market :
- Asias largest dry fish market is situated at Jagiroad in Morigaon
District. Consignments of sea and freshwater dry fish from every corner of
the country, particularly from Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Bihar come to
this market. Locally in Assam also some of amount of dry fish is produced .
This dry fish is mainly supplied to the hill states like Nagaland, Manipur ,
Mizoram, Meghalaya and Arunachal . Some portion of dry fish is supplied to
South Asian Countries and also to Singapore and Malaysia.
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