Basistha Temple, Guwahati – Connectivity

Basistha Temple, Guwahati – Connectivity

The Temple is located at about 200 meters from Basistha Mandir Bus Stop, 10 Kms from Guwahati Rupnath Brahma Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT), 13 Kms from Guwahati Railway Station, 18 Kms from Kamakhya Railway Station and 29 Kms from Guwahati Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport. The Basistha temple is situated at the south-western edge of Guwahati. The road near the state government secretariat in Dispur (Last Gate road), passing through Beltola and Basistha Chariali, will take you to this temple located at the base of a hill. Guwahati is well connected to rest of India by all means of Transport.

By Road:

The temple is connected by frequent city buses that pass on the main A.T. and G. S. roads. Just make sure that you take a bus that clearly specifies Basistha temple (in case of doubt, ask the bus conductors before boarding it). This is important as some of the buses terminate near Natun Bazar of Basistha, around 2 Kms before the temple. The bus going to the temple will drop you in the square right in front of it.

National Highway 27 connects Guwahati with the states West Bengal, Bihar & Rest of India. This highway connects Guwahati with Silchar in Barak Valley Assam and further connecting the city to the states of Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. National Highway 17 from Sevoke in West Bengal terminates in Jalukbari and connects Guwahati with the major cities of Dhubri and Cooch Behar. National Highway 15 and its several secondary roads runs through both the banks of River Brahmaputra and connects the Guwahati with the cities of Tezpur, Jorhat, Dibrugarh in Upper Assam and the states of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland.

The public transportation is well developed in the city. Buses are the major means of public transport in Guwahati. The state owned Assam State Urban Transport Corporation, a subsidiary of Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) and private operators provide the city bus services within the city. ASTC also operates the Volvo air-conditioned bus services within the city as well as to the LGBI airport.

In addition to this, there are a number of private bus operators which regularly run day and night bus services from Guwahati to neighboring towns and cities within Assam and other Northeastern States. Rupnath Brahma Inter-State Bus Terminus (ISBT), located at Betkuchi area on NH-37, is the most significant terminal cum transit point for buses plying between Guwahati and other destinations in Assam and Northeast India. The areas of Adabari and Paltan Bazaar also act as nodal points in providing bus services to towns and cities in Assam and adjoining states.

By Train:

The city of Guwahati and the northeastern region falls under the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) Zone of the Indian Railways, the headquarters of which is in Maligaon, near Nilachal Hills, in the northwest of the city. The Guwahati railway station, located in Bazaar area of Guwahati, is the major railway station of the city. It lies along the Barauni-Guwahati Line and Guwahati–Lumding section, categorized as an A-1 railway station under Lumding railway division. There are three more railway stations in the city – the Kamakhya Junction for passenger and goods services, the New Guwahati Junction (near Noonmati) for only freight services and Azara Railway Station, also primarily used for freight services.

There are regular trains connecting Guwahati to and from other major cities of the country. Rajdhani Express, Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express, Brahmaputra Mail, Kamrup Express, Northeast Express, Saraighat Express and Garib Rath are some significant trains running to and from Guwahati. The train with the longest route in India, Vivek Express, which runs from Dibrugarh in Upper Assam to Kanyakumari in southern tip of India passes through Guwahati.

By Air:

Guwahati is served by the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, in Borjhar, west from the heart of the city. With all major domestic and international airlines flying into Guwahati, it is the thirteenth busiest airport in India in total passenger traffic. Daily and weekly flights are available to Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Bangkok, Singapore, Dhaka, Paro and other important destinations.