Assam

industry · old town

Women tea workers with conical straw return from Gatoonga Tea Estate in Jorhat, 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 objecti…

crafts · river

A woman weaves a mekhela at Sualkuchi, Assam, while a man applies starch on the woven cloth at Sualkuchi in Assam. Sualkuchi or Soalkuchi is situated in the bank of Mighty River Brahmaputra.

festival · temple

Aghori baba relaxing in the ambubachi mela of Guwahati. The Ambubachi Mela is the most important mela celebrated in the Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam.

dance · music

Crowd rushing down to the Assam Rifle ground to enjoy the local Mizo songs sung bt Feli Fanai at Chapchar Kut 2014. Chapchar kut festival is celebrated in a grand way in, Aizwal - Mizoram.

monsoon

Floods in Assam has left 23 of the 35 districts of the State under water, forcing lakhs of people to take shelter in relief camps. Almost 80 per cent of Kaziranga National Park, home to the one-horned rhinoceros, is submerged under water.

Golden langur eating fruit in Assam The golden langur is an Old World monkey found in a small region of western Assam, India and in the neighboring foothills of the Black Mountains of Bhutan.

festival

Jonbeel Mela is a three-day community fair held the weekend of Magh Bihu at a historic place known as Dayang Belguri at Joonbeel. It is 5 km from Jagiroad in Marigaon district of Assam and 32 km from Guwahati.

festival

Jonbeel Mela is a three-day community fair held the weekend of Magh Bihu at a historic place known as Dayang Belguri at Joonbeel. It is 5 km from Jagiroad in Marigaon district of Assam and 32 km from Guwahati.

dance · music

Jhumur is a traditional dance form, existing in eastern part of India, basically in Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha. The dance is performed by young girls.

forest · river

Man making a temporary space for baby Pythons in Assam , India. The Pythonidae, commonly known simply as pythons, from the Greek word python, are a family of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia and Australia.

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 most with tea or can be eaten as a snacks.

Thengal Mansion is a 70-year-old structure that has till date retained the grandeur of its colonial days.

forest

Capped langurs sit on a tree in the Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam. The capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, China, India, and Myanmar.

ceremony

A woman starts making a chicken curry by first heating the oil then she put bay leaves and deep fry them and adds onions, red chillies and fry them up together.

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.

festival · crafts

The Anthurium Festival is a 3 day-long event organized every year in September by the State govt. of Mizoram with the aim to promote tourism in the state and also encourage Anthurium cultivation in Mizoram.

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

ceremony

Wedding of the Mishing Tribe. The Mishing or Misíng also called Miri, are an ethnic group inhabiting the districts of Dhemaji, North Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sibsagar, Jorhat and Golaghat of the Assam state in India.

forest · wildlife

This footage captures a Golden Langur (Trachypithecus geei) seen at a distance in the Kakoijana Reserve Forest, Assam, partially concealed within dense green foliage.

bazaar

Join us as we follow a foreigner's journey through the vibrant local market of a quaint town in Jorhat, Assam.

village · crafts

Step into the heart of Assam's countryside and experience the serene simplicity of village life. Follow along as a skilled woman weaves with traditional equipment, preserving centuries-old techniques in a humble setting.

festival

Assamese celebrate 'Bhogali Bihu' organised by Assam Association of Delhi, India. Assam Association, Delhi is a Socio-cultural, non-political forum of the people from Assam who are residing in Delhi and NCR.