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Gar Ali - the history of the most popular street of Jorhat

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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...
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Rajmao Pukhuri has another name

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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 af...
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