
Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra
Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra is a Guwahati cultural complex with museums and spaces devoted to Assam’s arts and communities.
Assam, India
Guwahati stretches along the Brahmaputra in Assam and combines riverfront neighbourhoods, markets, museums and hilltop temples.


Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra is a Guwahati cultural complex with museums and spaces devoted to Assam’s arts and communities.

Basistha Ashram is a temple and hermitage complex in southern Guwahati beside a wooded stream confluence.

Purva Tirupati Sri Balaji Temple is a Hindu temple complex in Guwahati with architecture inspired by southern Indian temple traditions.

The Brahmaputra riverfront at Guwahati provides wide views of the river channel, islands and surrounding hills.

Kamakhya Temple is a major Shakti pilgrimage site on Nilachal Hill above Guwahati.

Umananda is a Shiva temple on Peacock Island in the Brahmaputra at Guwahati.

Fancy Bazaar is a busy commercial neighbourhood near Guwahati’s Brahmaputra riverfront. Representative image: Paltan Bazaar, Guwahati.

Nehru Park is a landscaped public park in Guwahati’s Pan Bazaar area with sculpture and garden spaces. Representative image: Guwahati riverfront.

Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden occupies a wooded site in Guwahati’s Hengrabari area.

Paltan Bazaar is a central Guwahati commercial area around the railway station and transport hubs.

Assam State Museum in Guwahati holds archaeological, historical and ethnographic collections from Assam.

Guwahati Planetarium is a public astronomy education centre in the city’s Uzan Bazaar area.

National Science Centre, Guwahati, formerly the Regional Science Centre, has interactive science galleries and educational displays at Khanapara.

Sukreswar Temple is a Shiva shrine on a small hill beside the Brahmaputra in Guwahati.