Garo Hills Travel Information
Forming
the western part of the State the entire Garo Hills having n area
of approximately 8,000 sq kms. is densely forested and ence one
of the richest spots in bio-diversity.
The Garos predominantly inhabiting the three districts of the State
namely East Garo Hills, West Garo Hills and South Garo Hills are
basically superstitious, believe in spirits and have a rich traditional
tales of myths and legends. To the Garos everything that is interesting
and unnatural has to have the lore of some kind.
TURA, the headquarter of West Garo Hills, which was also the headquarter
of composite Garo Hills before two more districts of East and South
Garo Hills were created, is 323 kms. from Shillong via Guwahati
named after a powerful goddess Durama-Imbama, this Tura town is
situated at the foot of Tura peak. 5kms higher at 1400m the peak
offers some of the finest views of the hills against a backdrop
of low-lying plains and sweeping curve of the mighty Brahmaputra.
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