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Nahira

Nahira is a village in Kamrup, situated in north bank of river Brahmaputra.

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The place

Nahira is a village in Kamrup, situated in north bank of river Brahmaputra.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Nahira

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Kamakhya Temple

    Kamakhya Temple is a Hindu temple at Nilachal hills in Guwahati, Assam is one of the oldest and most revered centres of Tantric practices, dedicated to the goddess Kamakhya. The temple is the centre of the Kulachara Tantra Marga and the site of the Ambubachi Mela, an annual festival that celebrates the menstruation of the goddess.

    2.7 km · Hindu temple in Assam, India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Umananda Temple

    Umananda Devaloi is a Shiva temple located on the Umananda Island in the middle of the river Brahmaputra, Assam. Brahmaputra just opposite the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Kamrup or the Kachari Ghat in Guwahati.

    3.6 km · temple in Assam, India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Cotton University

    Cotton University, formerly known as Cotton College, is a public state university located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was established in 2017 by the provisions of an Act from the Assam Legislative Assembly which merged Cotton College State University and Cotton College.

    3.8 km · state public university in Kamrup Metro, Assam, India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Sukreswar Temple

    The Sukreswar Temple is an important Shiva temple in the state of Assam in India. It has one of the largest Lingam of Lord Shiva.

    3.1 km · temple in India · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Doul Govinda Temple

    Doul Govinda Temple ˈvɪndə) is one of the important temples of Kamrup, Assam, India. It is situated on the northern banks, on the foothills of Chandra Bharati hill at Rajaduar, North Guwahati.

    3.7 km · Hindu temple in India · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Guwahati Theatre Festival

    Guwahati Theatre Festival is an annual theatre festival held in Guwahati city of Assam state, India. The festival is organized by G Plus, an English-language weekly tabloid newspaper in Guwahati.

    2.8 km · theatre festival in Guwahati, Assam · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Northbrook Gate

    The Northbrook Gate, was constructed to welcome British viceroy Lord Northbrook who visited Guwahati in 1874. The gate was built near Sukreswar Ghat where the viceroy anchored his ship.

    2.9 km · building in Assam, India · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Rudreswar Temple

    The Rudreswar Temple or Devaloya is a temple dedicated to Lord Shiva in the village of Rudreswar, under Sila Sindhurighopa Mouza, on northern bank of the river Brahmaputra, in North Guwahati. Built in 1749 CE by Ahom king Pramatta Singha, in memory of his father Swargadeo Rudra Singha, the temple is a fine example of a mixed style of Ahom-Mughal architecture.

    2.6 km · temple in India · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Judges Field

    Judges Field or Gauhati Town Club Ground is a multi-purpose sports ground in Guwahati, Assam. The ground is mainly used for football and cricket matches.

    3.9 km · multi-purpose sports ground in Guwahati, Assam, India · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Rangia College

    Rangia College is an institution of general higher education established on the north bank of the Brahmaputra River. It is located in Rangiya, a city in the kamrup rural district of Assam.

    3.5 km · college in Assam · Wikipedia

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Getting to Nahira

Airports
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi (GAU), 16 km · Osmany (ZYL), 137 km · Paro (PBH), 264 km
Stations
Agthori railway station, 2.7 km · Pandu Port, 3.8 km · Amin Gaon railway station, 2.6 km · Pandu railway station, 3.2 km
  • Imphal → Nahira
    287 km · quickest by air, 4h 9m · ₹4,720–7,250
  • Siliguri → Nahira
    310 km · quickest by air, 4h 13m · ₹5,170–7,940
  • Kolkata → Nahira
    505 km · quickest by air, 4h 41m · ₹6,410–9,840
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Nahira

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Nahira. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThe hill stations of Shillong and Tura are connected by scheduled helicopter services run by Pawan Hans.
  • Get aroundIf you can not go on the river cruise, at least cross the river on the ferry.
  • Get aroundFerries provide transport to the local people - they leave the jetty at Fancy Bazar every half an hour and the round trip will take around 45 minutes.
  • Go nextMeghalaya state transport provides several buses departing in the morning and also regular shared 7-passenger jeep service for ₹170 (more comfortable than the usual 10-pax Sumo) from the bus terminal south of the train station.

From Wikivoyage: Guwahati, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
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    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    101 km
  2. 02
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    9 ways of moving, 23 sources

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  3. 03
    TawangIN

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  4. 04
    MajuliIN

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

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  5. 05
    ViswemaIN

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

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Around it

Next door to Nahira

Nahira is 4 km from Guwahati, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.