Assam

flowers

Indian Army trucks pass by as one drives through the Dooars close to Assam in the tea garden belt. Tea bushes are shaded by tall shade trees, to protect them from harsh sun.

river · boats

A Scorpio is loaded on a wooden boat rowed by two people to take the vehicle across the river in Assam. Most of the areas along the shores of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries are blocked by waterways.

village · festival

Womenfolk preparing ‘Pithaguri’ with the help of traditional Assamese ‘Dheki’ (wooden rice pounder) for making ‘Pitha’ ahead of the Bhogali Bihu festival at Chandrapur village of Assam.

forest · wildlife

Forest rescuers sailing through the flooded water of Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India. A flood and a river made a deadly monsoon combination at Kaziranga one monsoon, inundating dry lands around and ruining wildlife habitats.

The tableau of Assam state rolls into the main parade stretch of Rajpath on the occasion of India's 72nd Republic Day Parade. This is followed by the tableau of Tamil Nadu accompanied by music from their respective regions.

wildlife · river

Aerial view of the agricultural flood plains of the Brahmaputra river upstream of Guwahati in the riverine state of Assam in India. Assam is a state of India in the north-eastern region.

river · monsoon

Woman wearing traditional conical hats with baskets on their back pluck tea leaves in a lush tea garden in Assam.

crafts · river

A woman weaves a mekhela at Sualkuchi, Assam, while a man applies starch on the woven cloth at Sualkuchi in Assam. Sualkuchi or Soalkuchi is situated in the bank of Mighty River Brahmaputra.

river

A woman weaves a mekhela at Sualkuchi, Assam, while a man applies starch on the woven cloth at Sualkuchi in Assam. Sualkuchi or Soalkuchi is situated in the bank of Mighty River Brahmaputra.

wildlife · forest

Rhinoceros seen early in early morning mist in the grasslands of Kaziranga National Park, Assam.

monsoon · river

Roads and trees submerged in water in Assam after heavy rains lashed the Brahmaputra river valley during the monsoon. Residents are out walking in knee-deep water as water fills up their mud houses.

school

Assamese school children take part in activities like writing, painting etc during World Environment Day at Sivasagar district of 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.

village · festival

Assamese folks making hando guri in a traditional chulha at Chandrapur Village ahead of Bhogali Bihu in Assam. Hando guri means pounded rice served most with tea or can be eaten as a snacks.

festival · politics

A heart-warming folk melody from a district in Assam endowed with scenic beauty called Goalpara. Musically arranged with a touch of funk.

boats

Join us as we witness the remarkable resilience of a young boy from Assam, navigating floodwaters ingeniously abroad a banana stem boat.

Innocent little smiling children in Jorhat town of Assam. Innocent smiling children in Jorhat town of Assam

festival

Assamese women make 'til-pitha', a sweet dish on the eve of Uruka during Bihu festival in Assam. Bihu denotes a set of three different cultural festivals of Assam and celebrated by the Assamese diaspora around the world.

festival · music

Assamese singer performing Assamese song during Bhogali Bihu celebration at Narangi, Guwahati, Assam.

An elephant tries to release its front foot which is tightly tethered with a chain, to a rock. It doesn't seem to be happy at all. Elephants in captivity are in most cases Asian elephants captured in the wild.

wildlife · forest

A herd of wild elephants attack and threaten a tea garden in Assam, India. The labourers get terrified and flee, stopping all tea harvesting and management work.

flowers

With period furniture and a typical plains Jorhat tea garden setting, this is a tea garden burra bungla that has come into a modern setting.