Assam

wildlife · forest

Indian Rhinoceros grazing on green fields of Kaziranga National Park, Assam. The Indian rhinoceros once ranged throughout the entire stretch of the Indo-Gangetic Plain but excessive hunting reduced their natural habitat drastically.

festival · hills

Tribal women from the hill bargained with their tribesmen to get fresh jhum produce items like ginger, yam, turmeric etc in exchange of pithas and other eatables they had prepared overnight and brought to the mela during Jonbeel Mela in Mar…

river

Tourists visit the Kareng Ghar or Talatal Ghar in Assam's Sibsagar district. This the largest monument of the Tai-Ahom Kingdom 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).

music

Bhupen Hazarika, the legendary singer, composer, and cultural icon from Assam, performs on stage during a live musical program in 2005. Accompanied by fellow musicians and instrumentalists, he sings passionately before an engaged audience.

Witness the devastating impact of the Assam floods as streets are submerged, resembling rivers with water rising up to knee level. Experience the power of nature in this ground footage capturing the severity of the flooding.

temple · architecture

A group of christians having a prayer fellowship at a church in Assam afflicted with Leprosy. The good news is that leprosy is curable with multidrug therapy (MDT).

Joon Borah says "We help in the mask-making process especially in painting the and we also fetch hay for the mask structure.

forest · river

A dry riverbed meandering through a dense forest landscape in Assam, India. The light-colored sandy and silty channel indicates a seasonal watercourse that carries significant flow during the monsoon period.

music · highway

Bhupen Hazarika (8 September 1926 – 5 November 2011) was an Indian playback singer, lyricist, musician, poet, actor, artist, editor, filmmaker, professor, and politician from Assam, widely known as Sudha Kontho. Mr. and Mrs.

highway · monsoon

A rhinoceros created a ruckus on a national highway in Assam's Golaghat, after escaping the flooded Kaziranga National Park. It took wildlife officials three hours to nab the animal.

politics

Former Chief Minister of Assam, Prafulla Kumar Mohanta who is the leader of the Asom Gana Parishad in Assam. The Assamese politician talks of the political developments in Assam, the insurgency issue.

wildlife · forest

Elephant clears path for birding tourists at Nameri National Park, Assam. Nameri National park is good place for bird watching.

old town · flowers

Man plays Golf at Heritage North east Tea Garden Golf course in Assam. Heritage North East is a relatively new Company, conceived and floated by the initiative of the B&A Group of Companies in the year 2000, with the objective of getting in…

Women plucking tea leaves in an Assam tea estate. Note the wide-brimmed sun hat that one woman is wearing, as protection from the harsh sun, and possibly the rain, too!

old town · industry

Heritage North East is a relatively new Company, conceived and floated by the initiative of the B&A Group of Companies in the year 2000, with the objective of getting into Tourism, and especially into Heritage and Tea Tourism in the North E…

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.

dance · festival

Largest bamboo dance (Cheraw) is performed during the Chapchar Kut Festival at Assam Rifle parade ground, Mizoram. The Bamboo dance has registered to the Guinness World record.

festival · bazaar

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.

river · boats

Cars being loaded on a ferry at Bogibeel ferry ghat near Dibrugarh in Assam. These steamboats carry up to four cars, a few dozen motorcycles along with passengers. People use ferry crossing as the Bogibeel bridge is under construction.