Day 232 of Indian places giving smiles – the small town of Tezpur in Assam
We sang bhajans in our Tata Sumo till we finally reached Tezpur for a short overnight halt at the very basic looking Annirudh Hotel. Later we were told that Tezpur was the place of a raging fight between the supporters of Krishna’s grandson Annirudh and his prospective father in law and hence the name Tezpur in memory of the immense bloodshed that had taken place here, hundreds of years ago.
We visited the Goudiya Mutt at the Tezpur chowk and saw colourful images depicting the story of Lord Krishna. I interacted with a local woman in her two-piece typical Assamee Saree who still used firewood for most of her daily cooking.
We drove through the forests of the Sonitsar Elephant Reserve and even saw two elephants on the way. This was the so-called troubled Bodoland that I had only read about in the news and we were glad to do this drive in the day time!
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