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Brahamaputra Basin 9. Water tourism sites The Brahmaputra basin is famous for its scenic beauty, its colourful legends and rituals, traditions and ethos. The basin is enriched with large variety of water tourism places including pilgrimage places, sanctuaries, national parks, lakes, and many more. Best season to visit this region is from October to April. The major Pilgrimage sites of the basin are the Buddhist monastery at Tawang, Famous Rumtek Monastery of Gangtok, and the Parasuram Kunda on Lohit river in Arunachal Pradesh, the Siva doul (temple) and other monuments of the Ahom rule in upper Assam, Biswanath temple, Nagsankar temple, Da-Parbatia and Mahabhairav temple near Tezpur, Barpeta Satra and Kirtan Ghar, Batadrawa Satra, Haigrib-Madhab temple and Poa-Mecca at Hajo, Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, Gurudwara and Rangamati mosque in Dhubri district are some of the ancient monuments of great repute and reverence on the banks of the Brahmaputra river and its tributaries. Other temples of significance include Umananda temple perched on a rocky island in the Brahmaputra, Ugratara temple, Chatrakar temple, Viswakarma temple, Basistha Ashram temple in and around the Guwahati city. Majuli Island in the middle of the Brahmaputra River, off Jorhat town in Upper Assam, is the most venerated and thriving nerve centre of the Neo-Vaishnavite religio-cultural heritage of Assam. The Biodiversity of the Brahmaputra basin makes it one of the popular tourist spots for wildlife enthusiasts since it houses a wide variety of exotic flora and fauna. The Wildlife Sanctuaries and National Park like Kaziranga National Park in the basin are home to number of endangered species of wildlife. The Manas and Kaziranga have been listed as two World Heritage Sites. The Manas is a tiger sanctuary and at the same time, Kaziranga houses the endangered Indian Rhinoceros. Tsomgo Lake, a glacial lake in the East Sikkim, Chandubi Lake a natural lake located in Kamrup district of Lower Assam, Umiam lake of Meghalaya, Sibsagar Lake of Assam, Dheer Beel of Dhubri, Koya Kujiya Lake of Assam, the Ramsar site ‘Deepor Beel’of Guwahati are important lakes/ wetland of immense tourist importance because of their scenic beauty. The different tourism sites of the basin are categorically summarised in the Table 14. Spatial Distribution of Water Tourism Sites/Important District Centre/Industrial Centre in the basin are shown in the Map 20. Detail inventory of tourism sites of this basin are listed in Annexure VII: A & B. www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in 62
Brahamaputra Basin Table 14. Water Tourism Sites Sl.No Tourist Site Category No. of Places 1 Wild Life Sanctuaries 15 2 Lake 15 3 National Park 9 4 Peak 1 5 Fort 2 6 Hot Spring 2 7 Tourist Spot 19 8 Museums / Monument 3 9 Major Tourist Spot 3 10 Glacier 1 11 Pilgrimage (Temple) 22 12 Island 1 13 Waterfall 7 14 Hill Station 2 Source: India-WRIS www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in 63
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