Sivasagar Lake (
Borpukhuri ), situated within the heart of the Sivasagar city (Pron: or ). ("the ocean of
Shiva"), and headquarters of the
Sivasagar district Assam,
India. The Town was named after Lake Sivasagar, a 200 year old lake is considered as a tourist attraction. This lake was built by Queen Ambika who was the wife of
Ahom Ahom may refer to:
*Ahom people, an ethnic community in Assam
* Ahom language, a language associated with the Ahom people
*Ahom religion, an ethnic folk religion of Tai-Ahom people
*Ahom alphabet, a script used to write the Ahom language
* Ahom kin ...
king
Siva Singha
Sutanphaa also Siva Singha was a king of Assam who reigned from 1714 to 1744 A.D. He was the eldest son of Rudra Singha. Siva Singha was with his dying father at Guwahati, who then proceeded to the capital Rangpur where he ascended to the th ...
. It lies about northeast of
Guwahati.
History
The Sivasagar Lake is the second largest lake in
Assam. It was built in the year of 1734. This is also known as Bhorpukhuri, the entire bank of the tank is of historic importance as it has three temples. Sivasagar Lake is taken account as a attractions for many devotees and attract Tourists from the entire country .
This place is visited often by nature admirers, wildlife buffs, and history lovers tourist. One of the major attractions of Sivasagar is Sivasagar Lake, It is the attraction of this town. It covers an area of about 130 to 257 acres and is surrounded by deep earthen moats. There are three temples on the bank of the Sivasagar Lake, which are also referred to as a Dol in the Assamese language. These Dols are Vishnu Dol, Siva Dol, and Devi Dol.
Population History in Sivasagar District
Notable people
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Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta
Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta (Assamese: ভাস্কৰ জ্যোতি মহন্ত) is a 1988 batch (41RR) IPS officer of Assam-Meghalaya cadre. He is the current Director General of Assam Police, and had previously served as the special D ...
, DGP of Assam police
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Shubhankar Baruah, Radio personality.
References
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Lakes of Assam
Sivasagar district