A gloomy day, not to miss our
weekend routine, we planned to visit Basistha ashram.
We started from National games village Guwahati, went to Basistha
Chariyali(Junction), hired an auto to Basistha ashram which is around 3 kms
from the junction. Since the area was more remote, we were little scared.
Finally when we reached the ashram, the gloomy day turned out to be refreshing
one looking at the ashram which stood on the banks of mountain streams
originating from the hills of Meghalaya.
Basistha ashram is
a Shiva Mandir constructed by Ahom King Rajeswar Singha in
1764. This Basistha Ashram and the temple are said to belong to the Vedic
age, which was founded by the great saint Basistha
(Vasistha). Muni Vasistha is believed to have meditated in a cave
inside the ashram.
The
temple and location is endowed by the terracotta and stone sculptures
which can be seen in the premises of the temple and nearby hills and
stones. The temple is located in that very place where Muni Vasistha brought an
end to his life. After praying, we took some photos with statues of Muni
Vasistha and Mushika vahana(Rat) at the entrance of the temple.
Then,
we started to play in the waterfall very next to the temple. It was very
refreshing to play in freezing water, climbing rocks and posing for snaps.
Since
it was getting late and there was no transportation, we chose to walk in a
route which was under forest territory and was short route to our
accommodation. We felt as if we were walking in our
homeland.
We enjoyed the
calm nature throughout our visit.
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