North East Day 2: Guwahati Temples

Today was a day for temples - it seems Guwahati is called a city of temples - there are quite a few of them here.

First we went to the Arunachal Bhawan (found it after a loong search - as it is in a small house on the end of a smaller street) and applied for the ILP (In-Land Permit) which is required for going into Arunachal. If you don't want to "waste" a day in Guwahati - I would suggest that you get the ILP from Delhi or Mumbai. Anyways - I missed out on that option - and spent the day in Guwahati. 

As I said - a day for temples - Kamakshi Devi (the line was sooo looooooooong I didn't even think of going in) - Umananda (small temple on a river island - very nice place to go) - had lunch - and the Balaji temple (very beautiful South Indian temple - nicely landscaped - unfortunately my camera went crazy - the mirror got stuck and many photographs came half black :-((((( )

And last of all Kalakshetra - a nice park with a small museum and a big open-air theatre - very nice place. 

Well - that was the end of the second day - quite uneventful and not the best - but lets hope for the best - should get my ILP tomorrow - and then its off to Arunachal - Bomdila and Tawang - then Kaziranga. Lets see what else can go wrong. . .

It seems the North-east area hates my camera - last time I had come to Calcutta - and my SLR was stolen - this time - first I got fined for using the camera yesterday - and today the mirror got stuck - now till I can get it repaired I've lost the ability for auto-focus . . . . . but I guess things could be worse :-)