Assam

Assamese women carrying their child on their back as they de-husk rice traditionally with wooden pestle and mortar at a village.

old town · industry

Tea leaves being oxidised at Gatoonga Tea Estate in Assam. 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 the objective of getting into Tourism,…

festival · music

Chapchar kut festival is celebrated in a grand way in Aizwal - Mizoram. Crowds gathered at the Assam Rifle ground to watch local singers and artists perform during the festival.

This is the Deori Bihu of the Deori tribe that live in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. A viewer rightly tells us that "This is Deori Bihu pronounced as Bishu, Ali Ai lrigang is a festival of the Mishings."

festival · music

Chapchar kut festival is celebrated in a grand way in Aizwal - Mizoram. Crowds gathered at the Assam Rifle grounds to watch local singers and artists perform during the festival.

festival · dance

Mizos in their full traditional outfits march in to celebrate Chapchar Kut festival at Assam Rifle ground in Mizoram. Mizoram, the land of the beautiful Mizo people, is one of the seven sister states of North-east India.

sport · industry

Cricket is the most popular sport in India. Go to any part in India from Jammu & Kashmir in the north to Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the south or from Maharashtra in the west to Assam in the east, you would definitely spot a bunch of boys busy…

wildlife · forest

A one-horned rhino at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam. The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also called the greater one-horned rhinoceros and one-horned Indian rhinoceros, belongs to the Rhinocerotidae family.

forest · wildlife

Known for its small size, the Pygmy Hog is the smallest species of wild pig. Scientifically known as Porcula salvania and Nol Gahori or Takuri Borah in Assamese, it is found only in the grassland of Manas Tiger Reserve of Assam in India.

flowers

Can someone help us identify if this is indeed a Blue Vanda orchid? Vanda coerulea, commonly known as Blue Vanda or Autumn Lady's Tresses, is a species of orchid endemic to Assam and neighbouring Khasi hills with its range extending to Chin…

school

A boy in a small village of Assam gets ready for school, he watches Cartoon Network while his mom is seen busy feeding him food. Assam is a state in northeastern India.

festival · 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.

lake

Lack of suitable potable / drinking water is going to be one of the chief problems in India's future, let alone water for bathing, washing and other daily purposes. An Assamese woman washes utensils and dishes in the dirty water of a pond.

dance · festival

Crowd wave hands and dance together during Festival of Joy at Assam Riffle Ground in Mizoram. Mizoram, the land of the beautiful Mizo people, is one of the seven sister states of North-east India.

festival

Festivals in north east India are most welcoming of Indian and foreign tourists, and are fast becoming the go-to destination for visitors from the region and around the world.

politics

Many people gather to take out a rally at nighttime with lit torches in Assam. They seem to be protesting the lack of job opportunities in the state.

temple · festival

The Kamakhya Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the mother goddess Kamakhya, one of the oldest of the 51 Shakti Pithas, Situated on the Nilachal Hill in western part of Guwahati city in Assam, India it is the main temple in a complex of…

hills

Mizoram (from mi 'people', zo 'hill', ram 'country', literally "land of the hill people" / Mizo people) is one of the Seven Sister States of the North Eastern India, sharing borders with the states of Tripura, Assam, Manipur and with the ne…

festival · farmland

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.

wildlife · forest

A group of Golden Langurs is seen perched gracefully on a horizontal tree branch inside a national park in Assam.

livestock · dance

Bihu a traditional Assamese dance performed by Rupam Sarmah and group. Beautiful agricultural state of Assam celebrates major agricultural events as the festival of Bihu.

dance · festival

Bihu dance presented during the Sangai Fest - 2013. Sangai festival is an annual cultural festival organised by Manipur Tourism Department on every year from November 21 to 30.