Maligaon

Maligaon
Neighbourhood
Maligaon
Location in Assam, India
Maligaon
Maligaon (India)
Coordinates: 26°09′15″N 91°41′50″E / 26.15417°N 91.69722°E / 26.15417; 91.69722Coordinates: 26°09′15″N 91°41′50″E / 26.15417°N 91.69722°E / 26.15417; 91.69722
Country India
State Assam
District Kamrup Metropolitan district
City Guwahati
Government
 • Body GMC
Languages
 • Official Assamese
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 781 XXX
Vehicle registration AS-01
Lok Sabha constituency Gauhati
Vidhan Sabha constituency Gauhati West
Planning agency GMC
Civic agency GMC

Maligaon is a locality in Guwahati, Assam, India. It is surrounded by the localities of Adabari, Pandu and Kamakhya. It is home to the Kamakhya Junction railway station, the second station serving Guwahati.

The headquarters of North East Frontier Railways and North-East Frontier Railway Stadium is situated here.[1]

The place is also known for Goddess Durga pandals. There are several temples and places of worship in and around Maligaon. Hanuman Mandir, Kali Mandir are of special interest.

Town square

The focal point of Maligaon is its town square. It is located between Jalukbari Point and the Kamakhya foothills of Kamakhya Temple. The road passing through Maligaon was once called Assam Trunk Road but is now known as Dinesh Goswami Road.

Maligaon was previously a part of Pandu but from 1975 became part of Guwahati (Municipality Corporation). The Padmanath Gohain Baruah Road (P.N.G.B. Road) runs from Maligaon Chariali to NH-37 at Tetelia via Maligaon Goshala. The fourth road is the one that originates at Maligaon Chariali and runs northwest towards Pandu Cabin, touching Aruna Cinema Hall and Pandu College on the way. The Jalukbari Police Station lies at this corner of the Chariali. A foot overbridge for pedestrians has been inaugurated in early 2013.

Transportation

Air

It is connected by air through Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International airport. Apart from being connected to airports across India, two international flights will start operating from 2017.

Railways

The "Northeast Frontier Railway" abbreviated as N.F.Railway is one of the 17 railway zones in India. Headquartered in Maligaon, it is responsible for rail operations in the entire Northeast and parts of West Bengal and Bihar. Kamakhya Railway Station, Amingaon Railway Station is a short commute to Maligaon. However, Guwahati Railway Station is a major railway station which is 4 miles (approx 7 km) from Central Maligaon. Kamakhya Railway junction, earlier named as Jalukbari, directly connects Maligaon with many major cities of the country.

Education

Hospitals

The area has a number of hospitals like the NF Railway Central Hospital, Swagat Hospital and Sanjeevani Hospital. Also there is a Health Unit at Boripara run by the State Government.

Festivals

Nambari Durga Puja, 2004

There are diversified important traditional festivals in Maligaon. Bihu is the most important and common. It is the Assamese new year celebrated in April of the Gregorian calendar. Durga Puja is another festival celebrated with great enthusiasm, owing to huge population of Bengalis. Bwisagu is a popular seasonal festival of the Bodo people. Bwisagu start of the new year or age.

Places of interest

  • Kamakhya Temple, atop the Neelachal hill, the highest spot in the city, draws pilgrims from all over India especially during the Ambubachi festival. A high seat of the shakti sect, it is associated with the legend of the mother goddess who slayed the legendary demon king Narakasur who ruled ancient Assam.

Sports

Northeast Frontier Railway Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports. The stadium has hosted 33 first-class matches [5] in 1976 when Assam cricket team played against Orissa cricket team.[6] The ground hosted 32more first-class matches from 1978 to 2009. The stadium also hosted 18 List A matches when Central Zone cricket team played against North Zone cricket team [7] but since then the stadium has hosted non-first-class matches.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Railway stadium, Maligaon". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
  2. ↑ http://www.panducollege.org/
  3. ↑ http://www.kvmaligaon.edu.in/news.php
  4. ↑ "History of St. Mary's English High School, Maligaon". St. Mary's Sr. Secondary School. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  5. ↑ First-class matches
  6. ↑ Scorecard
  7. ↑ Scorecard
  8. ↑ Other matches
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