Basistha Ashram
Three streams meeting under a sage's rock.
- Where
- Guwahati, Assam, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 26.1806, 91.7539
Get the Basistha Ashram stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Basistha Ashram. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Assam volume with your photos and a note.
Near Basistha Ashram
Dighalipukhuri 0.9 km
A tank dug for a wedding, a thousand years ago.
Ugratara Temple 0.9 km
A shakti peetha at Guwahati where the navel is said to have fallen, with a tank beside it.
Sukreswar Temple 1.5 km
A temple on a hillock above the Brahmaputra at Guwahati, with a long flight down to the water.
Umananda Island 2.0 km
The smallest inhabited river island in the world, in the middle of the Brahmaputra, reached only by ferry.
Doul Govinda Temple 3.2 km
A Krishna temple on Chandrabharati hill in North Guwahati, reached across the river.
Kamakhya Temple 5.1 km
On Nilachal hill above the Brahmaputra, one of the oldest shakti peethas, holding no image at all but a spring in the rock.
Saraighat Bridge 8.2 km
The first bridge ever built across the Brahmaputra in Assam, carrying road and rail both.
Deepor Beel 12 km
A permanent freshwater lake southwest of Guwahati, a Ramsar site with a railway along one edge.
More hidden gems in Assam
Questions
Where is Basistha Ashram?
Basistha Ashram is in Guwahati, Assam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Dighalipukhuri (0.9 km), Ugratara Temple (0.9 km), Sukreswar Temple (1.5 km).
How do I get the Basistha Ashram stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Basistha Ashram and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Assam volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Basistha Ashram before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Assam volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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