The Goera Pattal Lake

Situated at the summit of a hill within the Siju Wildlife Sanctuary this lake is a paradise for avifauna, and attracts migratory birds during winter. Goera Pattal is of mythological importance for the local Garo people. Goera is the god of lightening and Pattal means a stony flat ground. According to legand it is believed that Goera used to think about the sorrow of the people of the earth sitting on this flat stony ground.