Assam has a rich heritage of architecture and sculpture remains of temples or shrines and old mementoes remind us the rich legacy of these art forms. The stone gate of Do-parbotia at Sonitpur is the example of oldest architecture discovered till now. We find the es- sence of early Gupta era architecture in this gate. […]
Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve: Kaziranga National Park is the home of the rare one-horned Indian rhinoceros (Unicorn). Situated at a distance of 217 km from Guwahati and 97 kilometres from Jorhat, this famous National Park has an area of 858 sq kms. Kaziranga lies partly in Golaghat and partly in Nagaon
The People & the Population From the ancient times, Assam has been a melting-pot of various cultural linguistic tribes and races. Assam is often described in the academic circle as an anthro-pologist’s paradise. All the major races of the world, the Austro-Asiatic, the Indo-Aryans, the Indo-Tibetians, the Mongolians, the Negroids – all have combined to
POBITORA SANCTUARY: Pobitora Sanctuary, spread over 38.81 sq km was established as a sanctuary in 1987. Wildlives : Rhinoceros, buffalo, wild pig, various species of duck, deer and various species of birds both land and aquatic. Situated in the Morigaon district, Pobitora is mainly famous for its Great Indian one-horned Rhinoceros. It is about 50 km
Bhekuli Biya Or Frog Weddings Frog weddings which is called as Bhekuli Biya in Assamese (Bhekuli means Frog and Biya means Marriage in Assamese) is a mythical marriage between two frogs to please the rain god during summer hoping it would open up the skies and bring the monsoon which ensures a good harvesting. Its
Jolpan is a mini meal in Assam.It generally contains of some forms of rice like roasted and ground rice (xandoh), flattened(chira), puffed rice (muri) komal saul or cooked glutinous rice (bora saul). Generally they are are eaten along with curd or cream and jaggery. Flattened rice (Bora Dhan’or Cira) served with cream and a sweet
The most important literary and literature and culture. Its first meeting and convention was held on 26th December, 1917, under the presidentship of Padmanath Gohain Baruah. At that time it was held under the banner of Sodou Asom Sahitya Sanmilani. On 5th May of 1924, it was registered as ‘Asom Sahitya Sabha’ and the earlier
Agnigarh is the site of the fortress which was built by Banasura to keep his daughter Usha in isolation. The name itself is derived from the words Agni (meaning fire) and garh (meaning fortress or wall) in Sanskrit. Legend has it that this fortress was surrounded by fire at all times so that nobody could
Deuris The Deuris are a branch of the Chutiyas which belong to the Bodo race. The Deuris are one of the four divisions of the Chutiyas who reigned eastern Assam prior to the advent of the Ahoms. The Deuris were the priests of the Chutiyas. At present the Deuris are mainly found in