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.

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…

monsoon

Rhino near Gorakati camp in Assam. See an Asiatic One-horned Rhinoceros negotiating the flooded land around the thick cane brakes and swamplands of the monsoon forests...

river

A lady weaves traditional `Gamocha` a small piece of cloth with high esteem and wide usage in Assamese culture at Sualkuchi in Assam. Sualkuchi or Soalkuchi is situated in the bank of Mighty River Brahmaputra.

Mizoram is one of the Seven Sister States of North Eastern India. It shares borders with the states of Tripura, Assam, Manipur and with the neighbouring countries of Bangladesh and Burma.

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.

crafts

Baya Weaver frolicks around its nest on a tree in the Assam countryside The Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus) is a weaverbird found across South and Southeast Asia.

wildlife

The Barking Deer or Muntjac (Muntiacus muntjac) is a common modest sized deer found across India. Here, these Barking Deer are seen in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam.

Assamese macaque in a cage. The Assam macaque (Macaca assamensis) is a macaque of the Old World monkey family native to South and Southeast Asia.

dance · festival

Folk dance from the famous state of Assam being presented at Sangai fest 2013. Sangai festival is an annual cultural festival organised by Manipur Tourism Department on every year from November 21 to 30.

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 engaged in a process of tea plantation 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).

dance · music

The most popular folk dance of Assam 'Jhumur' perform by tea garden workers and while men are playing dhol and manziras....... Assam’s tea workers are known for their hard work. Day after day, they work plucking nascent tea leaves.

forest · river

Rescuer preparing a mixture to remove Meat ants from a dead Python 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.

school

A boy awakes and brushes his teeth. Mother bathes her son in the early morning and gets him ready for school, after dressing him up.

wildlife

This abandoned leopard cub was found in Assam and taken in by the Forest department, to rehabilitate after allowing it to grow up a little.

crafts

Assamese women share their struggle and achievement. These women belong to a selfhelp group of Assam. Their earn money from weaving taant sarees.

wildlife · forest

Flood hits Kaziranga National Park in Assam, a UNESCO natural heritage site. Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India.

wildlife

This beautiful Leopard Cat was found dead in Assam, India, by forest department officials. Was it a victim of road kill, a territorial fight or did a larger predator kill it? I guess we'll never know! Do confirm, viewers, if you think this…

dance

wildlife · river

Assam is a northeastern state of India. Its capital is Dispur, located within the municipal area of Guwahati city.

festival

Assamese celebrate 'Bhogali Bihu' organised by Assam Association of Delhi, India. Assam Association, Delhi is a Socio-cultural, non-political forum of the people from Assam who are residing in Delhi and NCR.

wildlife · village

Destruction caused by wild elephants in Assam! Life and property are often threatened by the close proximity of human habitations to wild elephant habitat in Assam, India.