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.

                                                                                                 Collected by :Haripriya Saikia