Jomotsangkha is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
in south-eastern
Bhutan
Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainous ...
, located in
Samdrup Jongkhar District
Samdrup Jongkhar District ( Dzongkha: བསམ་གྲུབ་ལྗོངས་མཁར་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: ''Bsam-grub Ljongs-mkhar rdzong-khag'') is one of the 20 dzongkhags (districts) comprising Bhutan. The dominant langua ...
. At the 2005 census, it had a population of 957. It is connected by road with the Indian town of
Bhairabkunda
Bhairabkunda is a popular picnic spot in Udalguri district in the State of Assam, India. It is situated on the border of Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh, near the Bhutanese town of Daifam.
The Jampani River, originating in Bhutan, and Bhairabi R ...
.
Transport
Although there are some local roads and farm roads, the town currently has no internal road connecting it with the rest of the country and residents have to travel via Assam, India to reach other places in Bhutan. Construction of a 58km road connecting Jomotsangkha with
Samdrup Jongkhar
Samdrup Jongkhar ( Dzongkha:བསམ་གྲུབ་ལྗོངས་མཁར་) is a town and seat of Samdrup Jongkhar District in Bhutan.
The town is located at the south-eastern part of Bhutan and borders the Indian state of Assam. Though ...
, the district capital, via Samrang was begun in 2016. The good news is that recently the DANTAK, who is taking up the road construction from Jomotsangkha to Samrang has notified the public of its opening to traffic from November 2021. Though as of now the road is just being strewn with GSB and is playable Bloero and other bigger categories of vehicles, the DANTAK has notified that come 2023, it will get black topped.
Visitor attractions
Religious sites
Nearby Jomotsangkha is the
Bhairabkunda Shiva Mandir
Bhairabkunda Shiva Mandir or Daifam Shiv Mandir is one of the most important Hindu temples in Bhutan. It is located in the south east corner of Bhutan near the town of Jomotsangkha (Daifam) in and about 24km from the town of Udalguri in Assam.
...
, a
Shakti Peeth
The Shakti Pitha or the Shakti Peethas ( sa, शक्ति पीठ, , ''seat of Shakti'') are significant shrines and pilgrimage destinations in Shaktism, the goddess-centric denomination in Hinduism. The shrines are dedicated to various for ...
and one of the most important Hindu temples in Bhutan.
It is enclosed within a 15 foot tall wall due to security and safety reasons.
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Jomotsangkha Wildlife Sanctuary
Jomotsangkha Wildlife Sanctuary (JWS), earlier known as the Khaling Wildlife Sanctuary, was notified in 1993. The sanctuary has an area of 334.73sq.km. The Sanctuary links to the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary and Royal Manas National Park.
Daifam
Daifam is a nearby settlement or alternative name. It is said that during the 1950s and 1960s this place used to produce a significant amount of milk, curd, cheese and butter, hence the name Dairy-farm, which gradually became Daifam.[Armington, S. (2002) ''Bhutan.'' (2nd ed.) Melbourne: Lonely Planet.]
References
Populated places in Bhutan
Bhutan–India border crossings
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