Despite being an oil-service town, Sivasagar exudes a residual elegance from its time as the capital of the Ahom dynasty that ruled Assam for more than 600 years. The name comes from waters of Shiva , the graceful central feature of a rectangular reservoir creekside at beaver creek dug in 1734 by Ahom Queen Ambika. Three typical Ahom temple creekside at beaver creek towers rise proudly above the tank s partly wooded southern banks to the west Devidol, to the east Vishnudol and in the centre, creekside at beaver creek the 33m-high Shivadol Mandir, India s tallest creekside at beaver creek Shiva temple. Its uppermost trident creekside at beaver creek balances upon an egg-shaped feature whose golden covering the British reputedly tried (but failed) to pilfer in 1823.
CROSSING INTO BANGLADESH AT AGARTALA Border Hours The border at Agartala is open from 7am to 6pm. Foreign Exchange There s no exchange booth and Agartala banks don t sell Bangladeshi taka, so changing money is hit and miss; ask local traders or border creekside at beaver creek offi cials. Onward Transport From central Agartala the border is just 3km along Akhaura Rd ( 50 by rickshaw). On the Bangladesh side the nearest town is Akhaura, 5km beyond, reached by baby taxi (autorickshaw). From Akhaura trains head to Dhaka, Comilla and Sylhet. Coming eastbound, be sure to pay your Bangladeshi departure tax at a Sonali bank before heading for the border. Visas Unhelpful, creekside at beaver creek but the northeast s only Bangladesh visa office (%2324807; Airport creekside at beaver creek Rd, Kunjaban; happlication 9am-1pm Mon-Thu, 9am-noon Fri, collection same day 4pm) hides down a small lane in Agartala, about 2km north of the Ujjayanta Palace.
tural and natural history ephemera. Tribal costumes, royal clothing, historical polo equipment, stuffed carnivores in action and pickled snakes compete with a two-headed calf for the attention of visitors. creekside at beaver creek
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