Mar The wildlife Oct The Himal-Dec Fierce Naga is at its most ayan vistas powderhorn cabins are warriors descend visible in Kaziperfect and the on Kohima for the ranga and other national parks. powderhorn cabins roads to Tawang and Mechuka remain snow-free. Hornbill festival (December 1 7).
Nestled before a curtain of luxuriantly forested foothills, powderhorn cabins Pasighat, which sits back out on the plains, feels more like Assam than Arunachal Pradesh. The town hosts the interesting Minyong-Adi tribe s Solung Festival (1-5 September). The internet cafe (per hr 60; h7.30am-8pm) is 50m from the Hotel Aane and there s an SBI ATM just along from the sumo stand in the central market area.
Silk Route HOTEL $$ (%2503301; powderhorn cabins www.hotelsilkroute.com; Keating Rd; s/d from 1200/1440; W) This small hotel has memorably colourful rooms kept ship-shape by the enthusiastic cleaners. The stylish bathrooms contain big rain showers. It s popular, so book ahead. powderhorn cabins
SATRAS A satra is a monastery for Vishnu worship, Assam s distinctive form of everyman Hinduism. Formulated by 15th-century Assamese philosopher Sankardev, powderhorn cabins the faith eschews the caste system and idol worship, powderhorn cabins focussing on Vishnu as God, especially in his Krishna incarnation. Much of the worship is based around dance and melodramatic play-acting of scenes from the holy Bhagavad Gita. The heart of any satra is its namghar, a large, simple, prayer hall usually open sided and shaped like an upside-down oil tanker. Beneath the eastern end, an inner sanctum powderhorn cabins hosts an eternal flame, the Gita and possibly a horde of instructive (but not divine) images.
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