North East Network

Guwahati


This organisation works to empower rural women by supporting collectives in fields like weaving. Sales of products, such as bags, table mats and small wall hangings, goes toward their social mission.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Guwahati attractions

1. Judge's House

0.04 MILES

A charming piece of colonial-era architecture, this two-storey house, built in 1922, now holds the offices of the Foundation for Social Transformation.

2. Ugratara Mandir

0.19 MILES

The red-coloured Ugratara Mandir was built in 1725 to enshrine the spot where the goddess Sati's navel is believed to have fallen when her distraught…

3. Dighalipukhuri Park

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The mildly attractive Dighalipukhuri Park has boating facilities. The lake was once connected by a channel to the Brahmaputra and was used as a naval…

4. Assam State Museum

0.31 MILES

Housed in an imposing colonial-era building, the state museum has a large medieval sculpture collection and upper floors devoted to informative tribal…

5. Guwahati Planetarium

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The Guwahati Planetarium looks like a cross between a mosque and a UFO and has two shows in English per day.

6. Old High Court

0.37 MILES

The old courthouse, with its distinctive beehive dome, has been replaced by the very similar new High Court diagonally across the road.

7. Sati Radhika Prasanti Udyan

0.46 MILES

Between the riverbank and Mahatma Gandhi (MG) Rd in Uzanbazar, this sliver of peaceful, tree-shaded park is police patrolled and particularly popular with…

8. Nehru Park

0.52 MILES

A pleasant space for strolling tree-shaded pathways.