Assam

dance · temple

Archival footage captures scenes from Assam, including a lone boatman standing at the bow of a traditional wooden boat, navigating with a long bamboo oar. He is dressed in local attire, such as a lungi and a light head covering.

monsoon · hills

Discover the devastating impact of continuous rainfall in Assam, leading to widespread floods across the state, with barak valley bearing the brunt.

flowers

Dendrobium parishii flowering in the wildfilmsindia arboretum and botanical gardens in Delhi. Dendrobium parishii (Parish's dendrobium) is a species of orchid native to Asia.

On-board meals and snacks being provided by air hostesses of the Tata group company, on an Air Vistara flight from Bagdogra to New Delhi, coming in from Guwahati in Assam.

farmland · street food

Ms. Bulbul is a textile technician that deals with the post-harvest technological aspect or producing Muga silk. Muga silk is indigenous to Assam. She deals with the cooking is reeling off the cocoon.

music

Anjali Barua welcomes Kalpana Lajmi with a bouquet of flowers. B C Vora, President of the Association. Bhupen Hazarika at Assam Association Delhi musical night in the year 2005

monsoon · wildlife

Through erstwhile fields and farmlands, we boat through Assam's flooded Brahmaputra riverine valley plains, checking damage to human habitations, village, agricultural areas and wildlife habitats.

wildlife · birds

Elephant safari in Manas National Park, Assam: Stabilized camera follows elephant and rider, with bird calls aplenty, including a Blue-throated Barbet. The elephant plods through little wetland ponds and grasses.

river · highway

A winding rain forest road leads to a spectacular hand-made hanging bridge across the Brahmaputra river in Arunachal Pradesh, India. The river is locally known as the Siang in India's Arunachal Pradesh.

wildlife · river

A group of Indian labourers working on a farm in Assam, India. Small kids collecting water in a traditional way... Assam is a state of India in the north-eastern region.

Foreigner buys eggs for his breakfast from a small town in Assam: Anda shopping desi style: "Mayb half a dozen eggs. Quite small eggs and almost always white eggs - the shell. These are poultry eggs.

dance · festival

Experience the vibrant cultural heritage of Assam, India, through two mesmerizing traditional dances. In one scene, men beat the drums while women perform the lively Bihu dance, celebrating joy, community, and the rhythm of rural life.

ceremony · river

Pooja / Puja prayer before the Bihu dance on Majuli island in between the Brahmaputra river in Assam, with the pepa / peppa horn instrument in full use, along with hand drummed drums and much tuneful vocalization and trilling, accompanied b…

hills · river

Late monsoon cloud cover sheds ample rainfall to the already rich silt islands and river-banks of the Brahmaputra valley, leading to a super rich agrarian bowl in Assam.

river

Chicken or pork made with rice flour the Assamese way, with ginger, garlic, green chilly and more. Alkaline is an alternative of salt, the masterchef from Assam tells us. Turmeric, spring garlic and other ingredients are used.

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.

"Main to har haal mein aapka tha, aapka hoon aur aapka hi rahoonga", says Sharughan Sinha in his speech. Bollywood actor of yore, Shatrughan Sinha campaigns in Assam for the Bhartiya Janta Party and asks for votes from the public.

music

Bhupen Hazarika sings a song ''Agni Jugor Firingoti Moi" in the Subha Savere show. He also said that this is a fiery age. I will build a new Assam, and I will build a new Bharat.

highway

A foreign tourist visitor to India gets a road-side head massage or champi Assam - Arunachal Pradesh border.

A young boy rinses his mouth as he brushes his teeth in a Assamese village. toothbrush, tooth brushing, brushing his teeth, child brushes teeth in india, toothpaste, tooth paste, brush tooth

river · railway

Heading towards Arunachal From Assam on the Brahmaputra via ferry. See the Bogibeel bridge, one of the longest river bridges in the country.

Bar-headed Geese feed on roots and water plants at edge of Kaziranga water body in Assam