Guwahati is the Gateway to the North east India. It is the largest city in Assam and one of the fastest growing urban places in India. Dispur, the capital of the state is a part of Guwahati. Thus it is the educational, political and cultural seat of the sate.
Majority of the population is Assamese with a little share of Muslims. About 900,890 people reside in the greater metropolitan areas of Guwahati. One of the 15 Indian Institute of Technology is in Guwahati.
Places of Interest:
Kamakhya temple, Sankardeva Kalashetra, Botanical Garden, Digholi Pukhuri, Assan State Museum, Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Basistha Ashram, the Zoo, Sualkuchi, Manos National Park, Umananda temple, the Brahmaputra river, Balaji temple, Kharguli Beach, Sarania Pahar, Nepali Mandir, Lonkeshwar, Urvashi Island, Ugratara temple, are notable places in Guwahati. The mighty river Brahmaputra itself draws thousands of tourist every year.
Transport:
Guwahati is well connected with rest of Assam and India through road, water and airways. The city has an extensive transportation system that includes Public as well as private transport. Buses, cars, taxis, cabs, auto rikshaws, two-wheelers, zeeps are common on Guwahati roads.
Guwahati is the major headquarter of Northeast railway frontier. Daily expresses, mails and superfast trains like Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Avadh Assam Express, Puvottar Sampark Kranti, etc connects the city with places such as Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Kalka etc.
Guwahati Airport:
The residents of Guwahati are served by Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi airport. The airport is situated 18 km far from the city center. It is accessible through cars, buses and taxis. The airport besides serving regular domestic flights to many Indian cities is a base of Indian Air Force. The airport is considered as the gateway of flights to North east India. Apart from these, chartered and helicopter services to other 6 states from Guwahati airport are available. The airport is equipped with all modern facilities.
There are several cheap direct flights to Guwahati from several Indian cities. But International tourists have to first land in Kolkata Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport and then have to take domestic flight to Guwahati.
Airlines linked to Guwahati:
- Indian Airlines
- Air India Regional
- Kingfisher Airlines
- SpiceJet
- GoAir
- JetLite
- Pawan Hans
