Umananda Island

The legend giving rise to this name is that Kamdev, the god of love in Hindu mythology, after interrupting Shiva in the middle of a deep meditation on the islet, was burnt to ashes.

[1] The islet can be reached via a 10-minute ferry, available from Umananda Ghat, located near the Guwahati High Court.

According to Hindu mythology, Shiva created the island for his wife Parvati's happiness and pleasure.

According to a myth in Kalika Purana, Shiva burnt Kamadeva with his third eye on Umananda when he interrupted Shiva's deep meditation, hence its alternative name Bhasmachal (Assamese: bhasma, "ash"; and achal, "hill"; literally, "hill of ashes").

Monday is considered to be the holiest day in the temple and the new moon brings bliss to the pilgrims.

As seen from Umananda Ghat, near Guwahati Highcourt (August 2018)
The Umananda island in the river Brahmaputra
Island was home to the golden langur