Assam

farmland

A Mising woman threshes paddy with her son in the harvesting season in Assam. Paddy cultivation is one of the primary occupations in Assam. The husk and paddy stalks are loaded to a wooden boat.

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

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…

forest

The Pygmy Hog is the smallest and rarest wild suid in the world. The species was historically known from only a few locations in northern West Bengal and north-western Assam in India, though it is now believed likely to have occurred in an…

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.

temple · festival

Earthen lamps lit with light of faith at the auspicious and holy temple at Kamakhya Temple, India.

wildlife · monsoon

Rowing through the flooded Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India. A flood and a river made a deadly monsoon combination at Kaziranga one monsoon, inundating dry lands around and ruining wildlife habitats.

school · festival

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.

ceremony

Wedding of Mishing tribe of Assam, 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.

wildlife

Experience the serene beauty of the Taruca (Hippocamelus antisensis) grazing in Manas National Park, Assam, captured in its natural habitat.

dance

Manipuri Cultural Troupe performs Bihu dance during the 6th edition of International Dance and Music Festival organise by ICCR (Indian Council of Cultural Relations) in Delhi.

wildlife · flowers

Letekujan Garden is a place in Golaghat district of Assam in India. Assam is a state of India in the north-eastern region. Its capital is Dispur, located within the municipal area of Guwahati city.

flowers · industry

Driving through a tea garden in Assam, India. Tea plantation, tea estates and the tea industry as a whole has been seriously hit by the explosive environment in Assam. Militancy is telling heavily on the industry.

dance

This is not the Ali Ai Ligang dance dance of Assam, but the Deori Bihu dance of the Deori tribe in Assam.

forest · river

Rescuers collecting Python snakelets after being hatched from its egg 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.

A collection of sarees designed by fashion designer Madhu Jain. Silk saris, cotton sarees and Assam sarees and Mekhela can also be seen. Her interest, love, and passion for natural fibers steered her into the world of textiles.

Golden langur (Trachypithecus geei) 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. It is one of the most endangered primate species of India.

temple

The Sivadol Temple or Rudrasagar Shiv Dol temple is situated on the bank of 'Borpukhuri'. The Rudrasagar tank was built by king Lakshmi Singha in 1773. It is 8 km from Sibsagar.

festival · school

Assamese school students, teachers and well-wishers take part in the procession, hold play cards with a message to protect the environment, dancing and singing folk songs during World Environment Day at Sivasagar district of Assam.

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.

festival · farmland

A train ride through the heartland of India brings one to Guwahati from Assam, which is around 450 kms from Ziro. Ziro saw a large number of people coming in to the easternmost state of India to experience the Ziro Festival of Music.

river · hills

Agnigarh is a hillock located in Tezpur, Assam, India.[1] In Hindu mythology, it is the site of the fortress which was built by Banasura to keep his daughter Usha in isolation.