Assam

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.

dance · music

Dancing on beats of dhol. Young women performing Jhumur dance a traditional folk dance of the tea garden tribe of Assam. Assam’s tea workers are known for their hard work. Day after day, they work plucking nascent tea leaves.

ceremony

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 · birds

A huge flock of Asian Openbill Storks in Assam, India. The Asian Openbill or Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.

wildlife · forest

Landscape of Kaziranga National Park, we Wild Asian Water Buffalos grazing in the field and also One- Horned Rhino inside the forest of Kaziranga park, Assam.

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.

temple · festival

The Sivadol stands on the bank of Borpukhuri tank in the heart of Sivasagar, Assam. It was built in 1734 by Bar Raja Ambika, queen of Ahom king Swargadeo Siba Singha.

wildlife · river

Assam is a north-eastern state of India surrounded by six of the other Seven Sister States: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya.

temple · dance

Kamakhya temple - people racing by in quick motion. The Kamakhya Temple is a Sati Pith temple situated on the Nilachal Hill in western part of Guwahati city in Assam, India.

Group of golden langurs sitting on a tree. The golden langur 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.

temple · dance

The Kamakhya Temple is a Sati Pith temple situated on the Nilachal Hill in western part of Guwahati city in Assam, India.

bazaar · flowers

A young boy makes flower shaped jalebis at a temporary market during Durga Puja in Guijan, Assam. Roadside stalls selling sweets like laddoos, boondi, namakpare, shakkarpare, etc.

festival · dance

All the way from Assam a bihu dance was presented at the Sangai Fest - 2013. Sangai festival is an annual cultural festival organised by Manipur Tourism Department on every year from November 21 to 30.

dance

Young men and women performing the traditional folk dance of Assam 'Bihu'. One can see women dancing on the beats of dhols... The Bihu dance is a folk dance from the Indian state of Assam related to the festival of Bihu.

festival

Magician from Mayang village showing his magic skills during Bihu celebration at Narangi, Guwahati, Assam.

dance · festival

Bihu dance, a folk dance from the Indian state of Assam performing in Mizoram's Chapchar Kut festival. Chapchar Kut is celebrated by the local people of Mizoram in the month of March every year.

Spider at its web, Gibbon Sanctuary, Assam.

crafts · dance

The Gamosa is an article of great significance for the people of Assam. It is generally a white rectangular piece of cloth with primarily a red border on three sides and red woven motifs on the fourth (in addition to red, other colours are…

politics

A view inside the office of Prafulla Kumar Mahanta during a cabinet meeting in Assam. Prafulla Kumar Mahanta is a politician and government official, who was a longtime major force in the Assam People’s Council (Asom Gana Parishad; AGP), a…

crafts · river

A man weaves a mekhela at Sualkuchi, Assam. Mekhala is a traditional Assamese dress worn by women in Assam. Sualkuchi or Soalkuchi is situated in the bank of Mighty River Brahmaputra.

dance · ceremony

Jhumur is a traditional dance form, existing in eastern part of India, basically in Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha. The dance is performed by young girls.

forest · river

Python eggs under human protection 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.