Sivasagartank  :Borpukhuri                                                  Location:Heart of sivasagar town

      This large tank was built by Queen Ambika ,wife of king Sivasingha,in the year 1734 and named it after her husband.The tank is built on a area of around 130 acres.It was originally 64 feet in depth.The embankment of this tank is artificial and raised the surface of water to height of around 40 feet from the surrounding plain .According to historian Mills that this tank was built in one night.The water level of the tank testifies to the advanced hydrology of Ahomperiod as the level of the tank never changes and remains above the level of the town all the time.Currently this tanks bank is the center of district administration ,institution and also many parks ,gardens and a museum etc.

      The sivasagar tank also known as "Borpukhuri" is one of the important habitats of the migratory birds during the winter season now a days also most attractive landscape of the Sibsagar town.

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LOCATION:

In the Heart of Sivasagar Town. It is located very adjacent to Siva Dole and Vishnu Dol.

HIGHLIGHT:

Temple of Hind Goddess Durga stading tall for last three centuries. Durga puja is the most important festival of this temple. People from various part of the region comes during puja days for worship. 


On one hand of Shiva Dol stands Vishnu Dol and on the other hand Devi Dol. This temple symbolizes the Hindu Goddess of 'Power'. It is 60 feet in height and 120 feet in diameter. There is a special space for worship beside the temple. This is 'bolisthal' is used only Durga Puja and Kali puja. 
There is a temple of 'Shani', God of Saturn, near by Devi Dole. Devotees come to this tmeple in large numbers on saturday.

Charaideo

collected by: Biplob gogoi

Established by the Ahom King Chao Lung Siu-Ka-Pha in 1228, Charaideo in Assam was the first capital of the Ahom Kingdom. A place for ancestral gods of the Ahoms, it is the burial ground of kings and queens. Also called the ‘pyramids of assam’, the hillocks of Charaideo have tombs (called maidams) and the place is compared to the Pyramids of Egypt, thus proving to be a splendid example of medieval times. There are actually over 150 maidams, but only 30 of these are protected by the Archaeological Survey of India along with Assam State Archaeology Department.

The wondrous architecture of Charaideo includes underground vaults with domed chambers covered by earthen mounds and thus appear like hillocks. On the top of each hillock, a small open pavilion called ‘chow-chali’ made of bricks and stones. It is also said that besides the kings and queens, attendants, pets and even valuables were buried. Thus, the site has been encroached, robbed and thereby, damaged.

Joysagar tank, Sivasagar

              A man-made tank excavated by Ahom king Swargadeo Rudra Singha in memory of his mother Joymoti at Rangpur. Historical records reveal that the tank was constructed in 45 days at Rangpur in 1697. It is the largest man-made lake in India and stands on the area of 318 acres half of which is under water.

             On the northern side of the tank, there are temples namely Kesavarai Visnu Dol or Joydol, Baidyanath Shiva Dol, Devi-Ghar, Sri Suryya Mandir, Ganesh Mandir and Ghanashyam Dol or Nati-Gosai Dol.

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The Ranghar,

Ranghar  :Sivasagar,joysagar

            Ranghar is an important archaeological monument in Assam and India.The rang ghar is khown to be the oldest amphitheater in whole of Asia.The rang ghar, Assam was used as a logo in the 33rd National games which was conducted in Guwahati, Assam held in February 2007.

             The Rang Ghar was constructed by the Ahom king Swargdeo Pramatta Singha in the year 1746.The Rang Ghar is located in Sibasagar town along the Assam trunk road.

              Rang ghar (meaning Amusement house) is an amusement amphitheater which was built by the Ahom kings of Assam. The Rang ghar is a two storyed building which was used solely by the Royal family to witness various games organised in the adjoining Rupahi Pathar usually during the Rangauli Bihu celebrations. Sports events like buffalo fights are organised on these days and the Royal family could see the entire proceedings form the Rang Ghar.

              The Rang Ghar was constructed by the Ahom king Swargadeo Pramatta Singha in the year 1746. The Rang ghar is located in Sibsagar town along the Assam trunk road.

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kareng ghar

                   

LOCATION: Situated at Garhgaon(Gargaon) which is around 15 km away from Sivasagar Town.  HIGHLIGHT: Kareng Ghar is the remains of royal palace of Ahom kings when Garhgaon was their kingdom's capital.  Garhgoan was the principal seat of the Ahoms for more than four centuries. The chronicle sources refer that Suklengmung, the 15th Ahom king established the capital at Garhgoan and constructed a palace with wood and other impermanent material in the year 1540 AD. Later, king Pramatta Singha constructed a brick wall and masonry gateway in the capital complex. The present multistoried edifice was built by king Rajeswar Singha in 1752 AD. The fort and the royal complex were badly damaged and disfigured due to procurement of raw materials for building from the monument. The structural remains in the fortified complex stand as a mute testimony of the Ahom kings of the bygone days.
The monument is four- storied building and arranged in gradually receding tiers. The top floor has dome like roof with a chamber. It had four watch towers originally of which now only two can be seen. The ground floor has three west facing halls and provided with a front and rear chamber. The palace was well secured by digging canals around it and then building fort like walls on the canals bank with soil, which is called 'Garh'. The place was named as Gargaon after the huge 'garh'. There were four main gates to the palace called as 'Singhduar'(Lion's Gate).There believed to be a secret underground tunnel from Kareng Ghar to 'Talatal Ghar' in Rangpur which is many kilometers away from this and across the Dikhow river.                                                                                                             collected :Jakir hussain

Talatal ghar

     

            Talatal Ghar                          Location :Sivasagar                :

          The talatal ghar is considered to be amongst the largest historical monuments in Assam.It is situated in Rangpur that is 4 kilometers away from sivasagar which is supposed to be the present name of Rangpur.the Talatal ghar was originally constructed for the purpose of using it as a base for the army  .The structure was constructed by Rajewswar Singha who was an Ahom King.The Talatal ghar along with its complementing structure above the ground  that is the kareng ghar is supposed to be one of the finest insatances of Ahom architecture .

                 The Talatal ghar is actually an underground barracks and the initial construction for the palace was ordered  by Swargadew Rudra Singha in the year 1698.The structure has three floors and the lowest floor is stated to be linked by a tunnel with the Dikhow river.The Talatal ghar has two undisclosed tunnels along with three storyes under the ground level which served as emergency exitroutes at the time of Ahom wars.

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            The age old palace constructed during the period of 17th century presently attract a significant amount of tourists as well as researchers greatly from across the world chiefly for its outstanding architectural patterns as well as  structure.

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The Shiva doul

                                  

Siva Dole(temple)                                                   Location : Sivasagar

                Siva dole is one of the tallest Shiva(Hindu god) temple in the world.Built 300 years back.Center of attraction for all tourist for its gigantic architectural and religious values .

                Maha shivaratri is the most celebrated puja of this temple .Thousand of devotees come to the temple in the Shivaratri. Another attraction is "Hare Krishna "kirton  in the month of "shawan".

            The dole was built by Queen Ambika ,wife of Shiva singha,in the year of 1734.It is not only one of the most sacred place in North East India ,also the beauty of the place beyond large pond "Sivasagar tank ".Shiva dole is 180 feet tall and 195 feet in diameter.It is caped seven feet high large Golden dome ,called "kolosi"one  the top most part of the dole.The walls of the temple are sculptured with statues of numerous Hindu Gods and Godesses.The two other doles in same campus are Bishnu dole and Devi dole.

              Shiva dole is pride of not only Sivasagar but also whole Assam.This giant temple is located few feet higher than the normal town level.

                                                                                                     collected by: Himadri Phulkonwar

SIVSAGAR, THE HISTORIC MONUMENTS

                                              HISTORY

"HISTORY speaks when it comes to sivasagar. This place is a tribute to the glorious past of this place. The majestic days to the history are still fresh in every Sivsagarian's  mind."

                                        

THE STORY OF SIVASAGAR(SIBSAGAR):

Sivsagar, the historic monuments place formaly known as Rangpur. It was the capital of the Ahom Kingdom from 1699 to 1788. The Ahoms ruled Assam for six Centuries, until their kingdom fell to Burmese in 1819 and their rulling class was all but wiped out. In ancient times when Ahom kings used to dig any tank or pond, they used to name it with suffix of 'sagar'(sea). Though the sizes of these tank were merely of small lakes, these meant more than a sea not only for the kings but also for the people. Such a sagar is Sivasagar or Sibsagar. The specialty of this sagar is that a town, a sub- division and a district is named after this. Interestingly during the Ahom king's days, there was no place called Sivasagar. Only the tank dug by Sivasingha was called Sivasagar. It was known as 'Rangpur' only those days. Its the British who started using the name sivsagar to represent this place.  

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                                                                                                                Gayatri Devi Baruwati