Assam

school

A sign of the in-roads of television in the lives of our youth, this child in Assam, India, starts his day by viewing television, even before he gets ready to head to school... Assam is a state in northeastern India.

festival

Eating off banana leaf plates or pattal. Jonbeel Mela is a three-day community fair held the weekend of Magh Bihu at a historic place known as Dayang Belguri at Joonbeel.

river

The Indian cormorant or Indian shag (Phalacrocorax fuscicollis) is a member of the cormorant family. It is found mainly along the inland waters of the Indian Subcontinent but extending west to Sind and east to Thailand and Cambodia.

village · festival

Assamese folks roasting rice before pounding to make hando guri at Chandrapur Village ahead of Bhogali Bihu in Assam. Hando guri is pounded rice served mostly with tea or can be eaten as a snacks.

bazaar · flowers

A young boy makes flower shaped jalebis at a temporary market during Durga Puja in Guijan, Assam. Roadside stalls selling sweets like laddoos, boondi, namakpare, shakkarpare, etc.

bazaar · bus

Traffic moves congestion free on the roads of Guwahati's Paltan Bazaar in Assam. Paltan Bazaa or Polton Bazaar is a locality of Guwahati, Assam. It is surrounded by the localities of Pan Bazaar, Dighalipukhri, Rehabari, Fancy Bazaar.

forest

The Pygmy Hog is the smallest and rarest wild suid in the world. The species was historically known from only a few locations in northern West Bengal and north-western Assam in India, though it is now believed likely to have occurred in an…

bus · festival

Ziro is situated in Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh, 167 kms from the capital Itanagar. It can be reached via road from Guwahati or Dibrugarh towns in Assam.

hills · village

A scenic view captures the rich and vibrant landscape of Kakoijana in Assam, a region known for its natural beauty and biodiversity.

wildlife

A beautiful sunset casts golden light across the vast grasslands of Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India.

aerial

Experience the breathtaking aerial views of Kakoijana National Park in Assam, showcasing its lush greenery band natural beauty.

festival

Assamese women making 'pitha' on Uruka, the day before Bihu in Assam, India. Magh Bihu or Bhogali Bihu or Maghar Domahi, is a harvest festival celebrated in Assam, India, which marks the end of harvesting season in the month of Maagha.

river · hills

Kachari is a generic term applied to a number of ethnic groups predominantly in Assam speaking Tibeto-Burman languages or claiming a common ancestry.

river · architecture

Incredible view of the Bogibeel bridge on the massively wide Brahmaputra River in Assam, as one crosses into Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India.

industry · old town

Women tea workers with conical straw gets ready to work at tea plantation at Heritage North East tea garden in Jorhat, Assam.

industry · old town

Indian workers unload tea leaves from a truck at Heritage North East Tea Estate in Assam, India Heritage North East is a relatively new Company, conceived and floated by the initiative of the B&A Group of Companies in the year 2000, with th…

forest · river

To ensure maximum survival of the python babies, a wild brood is enclosed and contained in the wild, at Manas National Park, in Assam, India.

school

Assamese school children takes part in activities like writing, painting etc during World Environment Day at Sivasagar district of Assam.

festival

Both tribal people and non-tribal people of Assam and Meghalaya at Joonbeel mela for exchanging agricultural produces in a festive manner at the end of the Assamese Magh Bihu period (Makara Sankranti) in Assam.

sport · farmland

Bull fight is a tradition as old as the tradition of Assamese ‘Magh Bihu’ or ‘Bhogali Bihu’, the most popular post-harvest festival in the state of Assam celebrated in the middle of January.

village

Thengal Manor – the majestic mansion in Jorhat, built in 1929, Its name is written in the annals of history because on 12th August 1935, the first daily newspaper in the Assamese language, ‘Dainik Batori’ was launched from here.

old town

Kaziranga Golf Resort near Jorhat in Assam is set in lush tea estates & is a unique golf resort. Set in the Sangsua & Gatoonga tea estates in a 150 acre area this is a 18 hole, 6830 yard, Par 71 course.