Assam

Assamese children playing with giant gas-filled house in Assam. Bounce houses have always been considered a relatively safe place for toddlers to play and jump around.

forest

Pygmies digging the ground in search of food, in India's north-eastern state, Assam. The Pygmy Hog is the smallest and rarest wild suid in the world.

A man explains a fisherman's catch for the day, along the Brahmaputra river in Assam. It consists of a variety of fish including some long-whiskered and wide-open-mouthed Catfish!

dance · festival

Mass bamboo dance performed during the Chapchar Kut Festival at Assam Rifle ground, Mizoram. Chapchar Kut is celebrated by the local people of Mizoram in the month of March every year.

festival · farmland

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.

farmland · 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.

forest · hills

Nagaland is largely a mountainous state. The Naga Hills rise from the Brahmaputra Valley in Assam to about 2,000 feet (610 m) and rise further to the southeast, as high as 6,000 feet (1,800 m).

temple · dance

Devotees at Kamakhya temple in quick motion, in fading evening light. The Kamakhya Temple is a Sati Pith temple situated on the Nilachal Hill in western part of Guwahati city in Assam, India.

dance · festival

The 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.

river · hills

Visitors ready to take a ferry ride on the river Brahmaputra, Assam. And private motor boats are seen passing by. The Brahmaputra, also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra, is a trans-boundary river and one of the major rivers of Asia.

This 200 years old Banyan tree is located located in the heart of the Gatoonga Tea Estate, and it is the center of attraction at the Banyan Grove, a 100 year old heritage hotel, which was aptly named after this tree.

lake · wildlife

The Ruddy Shelduck is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae.

sport

Inbuan wrestling, a game similar to wrestling was demonstrated during Chapchar Kut festival at Assam Rifle ground, Aizwal - Mizoram. Inbuan Wrestling is a form of wrestling native to the people of Mizoram in India.

old town

Located in the heart of the Gatoonga Tea Estate, Banyan Grove is a heritage bungalow in Johrat, Assam. With a history more than 100 years, The bungalow exhibit a colonial décor with carpets and sylvan flooring.

Python curls up in a Papaya tree in Assam. A villager tries to prod and bring it down using an elephant mahout's stick...

wildlife · river

A domesticated Sloth bear gets upset (or plays?) with its handler, in Assam, India. Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content.

school

Young Assamese boys on their way to school in a village in 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).

Gurh or sugarcane jaggery being made in Chandrapur village, Assam, India. Jaggery is made in different ways across India. We have shown you the Uttar Pradesh north Indian method. Now see how it's done in the east - in Assam.

wildlife · highway

Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content. Forest department personnel and wildlife NGO's run a campaign to sensitive locals and inter-state drivers about the perils of fast driving on highways that run through wildlife pres…

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…

birds

The White-throated Fantail (Rhipidura albicollis) is a small passerine bird. It is found in forest, scrub and cultivation across tropical southern Asia from the Himalayas, India and Bangladesh east to Indonesia.

wildlife · forest

The majestic elephants are the largest mammal on land yet they are peaceful and gentle creatures. There are two types of elephant species, Asian (Indian Elephants) and African.

politics

Assam Rifles all-women marching contingent at the Republic day dress rehearsals. Republic day in India is celebrated every year with great pride on 26th of January to honour the Constitution of India as it came into force on the same day in…