Day 136 Guwahati

Sightseeing was the order of the day today. But first there were a couple minor things to sort on the bike. 

We ordered a taxi and a driver and embarked on a bit of a mystery tour. Our driver couldn’t speak English but he was very nice. 

Our first port of call after sitting in traffic for nearly an hour was a temple in the middle of the Brahmaputra river. We bought our tickets for the 10 minute ferry ride.The river is in flood, so was quite fast flowing. 

We had a wander around, paid a few rupees to the local priest and got a red dot for our troubles.

It has lightly rained most of the day so everything is wet and damp. 

Our next temple was built high on a hill and is quite large. It was in the midst if being decorated for the upcoming Durga Puja. Quite elaborate decorations,  very colourful. I’m not sure the scaffolding is up to current regulations but it obviously did the job. 

Kamakhya Mandir dates back to the 16 th century with some parts as old as the 6 th century. 

The street leading to the temples was very busy and colourful. 

On to temple 3. A really nice setting for this one in lush and well kept gardens. A very nice  man explained to us a little about the gods and their relationship to each other. 

Temple 4 reminded me a little of the monkey temple in Kathmandu. Monkeys everywhere, I don’t trust them at all. 

This little temple is built around a very fast flowing stream and the local priest once again took us in hand and we were anointed  with river water, then we laid hands on a couple of deities whilst he recited some prayers. He didn’t have a word of English but we both knew what baksheesh means. 

Mark is to the left doing a balancing act on the very slippery stones.

A nice day out.