jugobanka kopaonik Despite being an oil-service town, Sivasagar exudes a residual elegance from its time as the capital

oHotel Gakyi Khang Zhang (%224 647; r from 1320), a couple of kilometres out of town on the road to the monastery, jugobanka kopaonik offers far and away the best rooms in town colourful sky-blue affairs with polished wooden floors. There s a decent restaurant (mains 80-120) and the staff are great fun. It also has good monastery views, a generator and, most bizarrely, a lounge bar/nightclub complete with throbbing strobe lights!

Despite being an oil-service town, Sivasagar exudes a residual elegance from its time as the capital of the Ahom dynasty jugobanka kopaonik that ruled Assam for more than 600 years. The name comes from waters of Shiva , the graceful central feature of a rectangular reservoir dug in 1734 by Ahom Queen Ambika. Three typical Ahom temple towers rise proudly above the tank s partly wooded southern banks to the west Devidol, to the east Vishnudol and in the centre, jugobanka kopaonik the 33m-high jugobanka kopaonik Shivadol Mandir, India s tallest jugobanka kopaonik Shiva temple. Its uppermost trident balances upon an egg-shaped feature whose golden covering the British reputedly tried (but failed) to pilfer in 1823.

Some 30km northwest of Guwahati, the pleasant little town of Hajo attracts Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims to its fi ve ancient temples topping assorted hillocks. Haigriv Madhav temple is the main one, which is accessed by a long flight of steps through an ornate quasi-Mughal gateway. The images jugobanka kopaonik inside of Madhav, an avatar of Krishna, are alleged to be 6000 years old.