Assam

dance

The Bihu dance is a folk dance from Assam. Both men and women take part in this dance. It is known for its brisk steps and fast hand movements.

dance

Bihu dance is a folk dance from the Indian state of Assam related to the festival of Bihu. This joyous dance is performed by both young men and women, and is characterized by brisk dance steps,and rapid hand movement.

People stand in literally thigh-high muddy water to collect trapped fish during Bihu festival in Assam, India.

Pathshala city in Barpeta district of Assam. This city is called the Hollywood of Assam and the reason is the attraction of the people of Pathshala towards the cinema.

wildlife · highway

A lovely encounter with a peaceful wild hathi in Assam, India. After the rains, the elephant walks a forest track, between puddles and pools of water on the road, and an Indian Hawk Cuckoo calling in the background.

ceremony · flowers

Hindu priest performs wedding ritual for groom at a wedding ceremony in Assam. Bengali marriage ceremony takes place in the state of Bengal or between Bengali people. The wedding ceremonies in Bengal are quite long and elaborate.

river

A view of the sunset from the bank of Brahmaputra, is one of must see place in India, lovely red and yellow sunset along with dark cloud in the sky over the Brahmaputra river is simply awesome.

wildlife · forest

Wild elephant capture by camera during the night time at the Kazairanga National Park in Golghat, Assam.

temple · livestock

Goat sacrifices at Kamakhya temple, Guwahati. Poor goats are dismembered and served to devotees.

industry · old town

Women tea workers work at tea plantation at Heritage North East tea garden in Jorhat, Assam.

industry · old town

Women tea workers with conical straw works at tea plantation at Heritage North East tea garden in Jorhat, Assam.

flowers · industry

Workers with baskets on their back, pluck tea leaves in a lush tea garden in Assam. The state of Assam is the world's largest tea-growing region, lying on either side of the Brahmaputra River, and bordering Bangladesh and Burma (Myanmar).

forest · industry

A shy Gibbon sits high on a tree branch at Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary in Assam, India. India’s biodiversity is home to a varied number of plant and animal species.

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.

forest · river

Baby Python hatching from it's egg at Manas National Park, Assam. The Pythonidae, commonly known simply as pythons, from the Greek word python, are a family of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia and Australia.

farmland

school

Mother bathes his son in the early morning and gets him ready for school in a small village of Assam. Assam is a state in northeastern India. In 2011, the literacy rate of Assam was estimated to be 73.18% (78.81% male and 67.27% female).

village · festival

Womenfolk preparing ‘Pithaguri’ with the help of traditional Assamese ‘Dheki’ (wooden rice pounder) for making ‘Pitha’ ahead of the Bhogali Bihu festival at Chandrapur village of Assam.

festival · hills

Tribal women from the hill bargained with their tribesmen to get fresh jhum produce items like ginger, yam, turmeric etc in exchange of pithas and other eatables they had prepared overnight and brought to the mela during Jonbeel Mela in Mar…

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.

temple · lake

School of fish in a pond at Kamakhya temple, Assam. Visitors are seen feeding school of fish.

farmland · festival

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.

temple · livestock

Goat sacrifices at Kamakhya temple, Guwahati. Poor goats are dismembered and served to devotees.