Assam

dance

The energetic dance steps and quick hand movements define the Bihu dance of Assam. But that is not all as any folk dance is incomplete without its costume and jewellery and the performers of Bihu don the traditional Assamese attire.

river · hills

Assam Rifles women contingent parades at Rajpath as they rehearse for the upcoming Republic Day 2019. The Assam Rifles came into being in 1835, as a militia called the ‘Cachar Levy’.

wildlife · forest

The Barasingha or Swamp Deer, is an endangered species of deer, and can be seen in protected sanctuaries in India.

festival

Internationally-acclaimed actor Adil Hussain from Assam walking with designer Dhiraj Deka at North East Fest.

music · festival

Out-standing performance by one of the best singer from Assam Sushimta Hom Choudhary. The 2nd edition of the biggest festival to promote North East Travel & Tourism, Sericulture, Art, Fashion, Culture, Literature and Music Basics Concepts…

festival · ceremony

Baba doing yoga asanas in Bhoothnath cremation ground. The just concluded Ambubachi mela at the Kamakhya mandir in Assam or Asom state, India. Women dance to cymbal beats while the men hold up a lit-up plate with something on it...

dance · festival

Folk dances of Assam, include the Bihu dance and the Bagurumba (both danced during festivals held in the spring), the Bhortal dance, the Ojapali dance etc.

festival · music

Assamese singer performing Assamese song during Bhogali Bihu celebration at Narangi, Guwahati, Assam.

politics

"Basically, everyone had heard that in Assam accord has been discussed but I know S B Chauhan the Home Minister know nothing about it.

farmland · festival

Assamese villagers in full festivity mood singing songs, beating drums and cymbals as they get ready for the Annual Bull Fight competition as part of the Bhogali Bihu celebration at Ahatguri, Assam.

wildlife · forest

Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content. Examining a dead elephant on the spot, Assam. The felling of a giant. The majestic elephants are the largest mammal on land yet they are peaceful and gentle creatures.

wildlife · flowers

Elephants raid a tea garden at Letekujan in Assam. Letekujan Garden is a place in Golaghat district of Assam in India. Assam is a state of India in the north-eastern region.

ceremony · flowers

Hindu priest performs wedding ritual at a Bengali 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.

flowers · industry

Women tea workers at tea garden eat lunch together after at Heritage North East tea garden in Jorhat, Assam.

industry · flowers

Tea workers plucking tea at a tea estate in Assam . The women workers pluck and put the tea leaves in a basket, which they carry by their heads. The North East Indian state of Assam is renowned for its tea.

industry · river

Workers plucking tea leaves at a plantation 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 · river

Rescuers collecting Python snakelets from their temporary living space in the thick jungles of Assam, India.

forest

Mother Pygmy hog feeds her piglets at a conservation centre in Assam, India. The Pygmy Hog is the smallest and rarest wild suid in the world.

highway · boats

Driving from Dibrugarh to Brahmaputra ferry point in Assam. Driving on a rough road, however, there is no traffic at all. One needs to be careful while driving on this route as this is a single road, one also watch out for snakes.

wildlife · forest

Forest guard protecting wildlife at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam. Kaziranga National Park lies partly in Golaghat District and partly in Nagaon District of Assam.

Muga silkworm (Antheraea assamensis)is endemic to Assam and known for its durability and natural yellowish-golden tint fiber. The reeling process involves boiling of the cocoon after larvae maturation.