chalets qc Tawang town is a transport hub and service centre for the valley s villages; its setting is more bea

Several trains serve Dimapur (sleeper/3AC/2AC from 166/401/531, four to six hours), Jorhat (sleeper/3AC 202/521, seven to 11 hours) chalets qc and Dibrugarh (3AC/2AC/1AC 926/1206/1970, 11 hours). Trains to Jorhat and Dibrugarh cut through Nagaland, but you don t need a Nagaland chalets qc permit as long as you stay on the train (the same rule doesn t apply for buses however). chalets qc

1 Sights Kamakhya Mandir HINDU TEMPLE (admission for no queue/short chalets qc 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 chalets qc Mandir chalets qc important for shakti (sensual tantric chalets qc worship of female spiritual power). Goats, chalets qc pigeons and the occasional buffalo are ritually beheaded in a gory pavilion chalets qc and the hot, dark inner womblike sanctum is painted red to signify sacrificial blood. chalets qc The huge June/ July Ambubachi Mela celebrates the end of the mother goddess menstrual cycle with even more blood.

Eco-Camp (%9435250052/09854019932; dm/d 200/1620, chalets qc plus membership per person 50) organises chalets qc all Nameri visits, including two-hour birdwatching rafting trips (two people 550). Accommodation is in tents , but colourful fabrics, private bathrooms, sturdy beds and thatched-roof shelters make the experience relatively luxurious. The camp is set within lush gardens full of tweeting birds and butterflies drunk on tropical nectar. There s an atmospheric, chalets qc and excellent, open-sided restaurant and the staff are simply superb. All up it gets our vote as the best place to stay in the entire northeast. chalets qc It s very popular, so book way ahead. If it s full the government-run Jiabhoroli Wild Resort (%9954357376; tw 1200) just a short walk beyond the Eco-Camp, chalets qc has plain cottages that aren t quite as quaint as a cottage should be. It s very much the second choice.

Tawang town is a transport hub and service centre for the valley s villages; its setting is more beautiful than the town itself. chalets qc Nonetheless, colourful chalets qc prayer wheels add interest to the central old market area. These are turned by apple-cheeked Monpa pilgrims, many of whom sport traditional black yak- wool gurdam (skullcaps that look like giant Rastafarian spiders). In the market area is M/S Cyber (per hr 30; h9am-6pm), which has internet sometimes. There s an SBI Bank with an ATM just past the market on the road to the monastery.