Assam

festival · music

Crowd getting closer to the stage at the Assam Rifle parade ground to watch the traditional fashion show. Chapchar kut festival is celebrated in a grand way in Aizwal - Mizoram.

sport · 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.

How Rice flour laddoos are made in Chandrapur village Assam, India.

river · hills

The Brahmaputra (Sanskrit: ब्रह्मपुत्र; Assamese: Brôhmôputrô), also called Tsangpo-Brahmaputra, is a trans-boundary river and one of the major rivers of Asia.

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…

river

Pedestrian pathway along Brahmaputra river, in Assam. A place you can go to for pure leisure. Go for a run or a walk, check the large Brahmaputra river and hear the wind.

industry

India is known for its cultural diversity, religious amalgamation and thousands of different languages and various foods but one thing which is beyond culture and religion is the love which we all share towards “Tea”.

river · boats

Ferry ride on river Brahmaputra near the border of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. According to Blurtit, Assam is famous for two of its famous riverine islands.

monsoon · river

Floods in Assam are characterized by their extremely large magnitude, high frequency and extensive devastation.

Macaque playing on a tree branch in Assam, India. The macaques constitute a genus (Macaca) of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae.

wildlife · forest

Indian Rhinoceros grazing on green fields of Kaziranga National Park, Assam. The Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also called the greater one-horned Rhinoceros and one-horned Indian rhinoceros, belongs to the Rhinocerotidae family…

river · hills

Kachari is a generic term applied to a number of ethnic groups predominantly in Assam speaking Tibeto-Burman languages or claiming a common ancestry.

river · hills

Kachari is a generic term applied to a number of ethnic groups predominantly in Assam speaking Tibeto-Burman languages or claiming a common ancestry.

festival · dance

Young girls dancing Bihu dance during Bhogali Bihu festival in Assam. Magh Bihu or Bhogali Bihu or Maghar Domahi, is a harvest festival celebrated in Assam, India, which marks the end of harvesting season in the month of Maagha.

wildlife · railway

Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content. Ducks and other species of waterfowl fly by in V formations, around a wetland in Assam. Nearby, a train track passes through a conservation zone.

An Indian Rhinoceros that was possibly taken care of by poachers. Vets and forest department staff conduct a perfunctory post mortem in the field, using Nepali khukris and daos.

Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content. A mysteriously dead Rhino is found in Assam and the vets are trying to find out the reason of its death by postmortem.

wildlife · river

Billiards room of Misa Polo Club in Assam, India. View of living room of Misa Golf Club in Assam, India. Assam is a state of India in the north-eastern region.

river · monsoon

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).

industry · river

Workers with baskets on their back, pluck tea leaves in a lush tea garden 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).

temple · ceremony

Tantrics, aghoris and sadhus gathered during Ambubachi Mela, to offer prayers and seek the blessing of Goddess Kamakhya. This is the time when all tantrics, aghoris and sadhus perform havan, rituals, sing, dance.

forest · river

Rescuers make a comfortable place for Python snakelets in 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.