hefner village condos SATRAS A satra is a monastery for Vishnu worship, Assam s distinctive form of everyman Hinduism. For

Arudupa Spur Cafe MULTICUISINE $$ (Arudupa Hotel; mains 120-160; hefner village condos hMon-Sat) Part of the Arudupa Hotel, this is one of Kohima s most happening restaurants and is always busy with young middle-class Nagas relaxing on the sofas and tucking into a menu that spans the globe. There s a cool soundtrack playing in the background and lots of heaters for cold winter nights.

SATRAS A satra is a monastery for Vishnu worship, Assam s distinctive form of everyman Hinduism. Formulated by 15th-century Assamese philosopher hefner village condos Sankardev, the faith eschews the caste system and idol worship, focussing on Vishnu as God, especially in his Krishna incarnation. Much of the worship is based around dance and melodramatic play-acting hefner village condos 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 hefner village condos hosts an eternal flame, the Gita and possibly a horde of instructive (but not divine) images.