Our trip to Meghalaya - the house of clouds Part 3

PART 3

We started our day a bit late. Had a leisurely breakfast. At Vivanta by Taj, they offer wonderful breakfast spread. The Chefs and assistants in the restaurants are really attentive and they communicate with you and guide you as to the day's speciality. Speaking to them is a pleasure. We had three breakfasts during our stay and we enjoyed the variety and Assamese special dishes too.

We headed to Basistha Temple. There is a stream flowing behind the temple and that has added the beauty of the place. There are monkeys around the temple and they snatch eatables from the hands of visitors. So one gets scared if not particularly attentive while carrying eatables like prasad etc. The day, we visited, we found there ware lot many people and police. We learned that the Governor of Assam is visiting the place within an hour or so. 

After Basistha temple we went to Balaji temple. It is very neat and clean like any other Balaji temple built in various cities across India by the South Indian communities living there.

We headed for a temple near Dipor bill and it was not so remarkable. Dipor bill is a marshy place and one can see may types of birds, storks, cranes etc.

It was almost 2 pm in the noon and we headed to Kamakhya devi temple which is on a hill. The car goes upto the top and one has to walk little from the parking place. This the very crowded place and devotees across the country visit the place. We avoided gong early morning as devotees and tourists crowd the place a lot. But even at 2.30 pm it was crowded. 

We did not intend to do any pooja or any religious ritual, we did not buy VIP ticket and did not join any queue which was very long taking minimum 3/4 hours to reach in front of the deity. We just walked in from the main entrance by avoiding the queues and had "mukha darshan". We were out within minutes. 

After Kamakhya temple we went to Srimant Sankardeva Kalakshetra. Srimant Sankardeva was a Saint, scholar, playwright from 15th/16th Century and he is a important person in the cultural and religious history of Assam. His contribution to the literature and art in Assam is legendary.  The place has been created in his memory. It consists of a big garden a theatre and also a museum. 

After this our tour was over. We went back to our hotel to pack up.
It was a memorable trip.