Digholi Pukhuri Park

Dighali Pukhuri, located on the coronary heart of the Guwahati City is a person-made lake this is surrounded with the aid of a road that results in one of a kind destinations of the town. To the north of the pond is the Gauhati High court docket and to its south is the Assam State Museum. Beautifully located at a centre place, the pond beautifies the place across the college and hostels of Handique Girls' College. It is one of the critical visitor spots of Guwahati. The name Dighali pukhuri is derived from two Assamese terms: ‘Dighol” which means lengthy and “Pukhuri” meaning lake.

The name hence truely, explains that the lake is a protracted one. Legends inform testimonies about the lake on the way it became began and why. However, the story that flows among the locals here is that a canal changed into dug from Brahmaputra River for the duration of the reign of King Bhagadatta of Pragjyotishpura. The purpose behind the excavation of this lengthy lake become the birthday celebration of the wedding of his daughter, Bhanumati to Kaurava prince, Duyodhana. This incident is said to be stated within the Mahabharata. After the lake was formed, the Ahoms have been stated to have used it as naval yard.