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Hello people. hope you all are doing great. This article is all about the most popular marketplace or street of Jorhat. And we will also inform you about the historic importance of the street. Gar ali Gar Ali is the heart of our city Jorhat. You can also call it "the time square of Jorhat". Everybody just love to walk in the most famous and busy street of the city. The street where you can find everything, like cloths, cinema , shopping malls, restaurants , street food etc. During the festive time, specially in Durga Puja & Dewali, the street turns into a massive Puja mandap. Entry of vehicles (cars/bikes) prohibited in Gar ali during the puja days. People from all over the district came to Gar ali to celebrate and visit the all the puja mandaps near the street. Pic: Gar ali Well that is the part most people from Jorhat or ever been to Jorhat know already. But do you know the history of Gar Ali ? We guess you don't. So here is the terrific his...

Mitha Pukhuri, we all know the famous pond of the city Jorhat. But do you know the funny story behind its name ? I bet you don't. So here is the story, During the 1800 century, some people from Kohima (Nagaland ) came to visit Jorhat. During their visit, they ate some Amlokhi (Indian gooseberry) from the local amlokhi tree and then had water from the pond. And eventually they found the water very sweet, and hence they named it as Mitha Pukhuri. Mitha means sweet in Assamese and Pukhuri means Pond. Mitha Pukhuri ( Sweet Pond),                                                                                           Pic : Mitha Pukhuri I laughed so hard when I heard the story for the first time from my grand father and I know you had a great laugh too af...

Hello Jorhat , here are some amazing photographs you would not believe from Jorhat. These photographs were taken by different photographers, some are professionals and some are very amateur as well. And some pictures are taken by smartphone as well. We select the photographs from our Facebook page "Jorhat Community". We will post more article like these with some more amazing photographs soon. We hope you will love the photographs. So guys here are the pictures : 1. Nimati Ghat sunset This picture was taken by Arindam Kashyap 2. The trees and the road Location : K.B road , Picture taken by Gautam Gogoi 3. The walk Location : AAU, Jorhat, Picture taken by Rohsan Singh 4. The boat Location : Brahmaputra , Pic Credits : Mriganan 5. Kakodunga Location : Kakodunga, Pic credits : Sachin Bharali Comment  and share our article if you want more post like this.