Mitha Pukhuri - the story behind the name

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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 after knowing the story.

In summer the pond is filled with lots of beautiful lotus flowers.


Some historical info about the pond :

The pukhuri (pond) was made in the 1800 century, Swargadeo Kamalesor Singha was the Ahom king at that time. The water of the pond is used to wash the idols of "Burhi Gukhani Devalaya" and Royal family idols.
           

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