summit county park city This sprawling hill station was the capital of British-created Assam from 1874 until 1972. Since bec

Guwahati is considered the site of Pragjyotishpura, a semi-mythical summit county park city town founded by Asura King Naraka who was later killed by Lord Krishna for a pair of magical earrings. The city was a vibrant cultural centre well before the Ahoms arrived, and later it was the theatre of intense Ahom Mughal

This sprawling hill station was the capital of British-created Assam from 1874 until 1972. Since becoming the state capital of Meghalaya it has rapidly developed into a typical modern Indian town and in doing so some of its older buildings have been demolished. summit county park city In parts it still retains its charm, the air is refreshingly cool and it has become a favourite holiday destination for domestic tourists.

some impressive summit county park city traditional buildings all set, surreally, under two giant mobile summit county park city phone towers. Shingha Chingyuo village (20km, population 5900) has a huge longhouse decorated with mithuna (pairs of men and women) and deer skulls, three stuff ed tigers, and a store of old human skulls. Longwoa (35km) is spectacularly sited on the India Myanmar border, with the headman s longhouse summit county park city actually straddling the two nations. Despite its popularity with tourists summit county park city it remains one of the most interesting villages. Chui (8km) includes an elephant skull in its longhouse collection. Shangnyu village has a shrine full of fertility references such as tumescent summit county park city warriors, a crowing summit county park city cock, a large snake, a man and woman enjoying sex and, to complete the picture, summit county park city a double rainbow. Langmeang village, with its stack of human skulls piled up in a wooden box, is also highly impressive.