Assam

Assam is surrounded by hills, major rivers like Brahmaputra & Barak and its tributaries, thick forest, tea gardens which reinforces the scenic great thing about Assam. Infact the mighty Brahmaputra of Assam is that the only male river within the country.

The state is dotted with monuments of 600 years old Ahom dynasty; the longest ruling single dynasty in Indian history. it had been one of the only a few dynasties that would not be conquered by the Mughals. Assam is that the home to varied ethnic tribes and groups, each having its own cultural heritage and unique features in its socio-cultural life including customs, religion , language, culture, way-of-life, food, songs, festivals including Bihu, Baishagu, Rongker & Chomangkan Festival, Bishu, Baikho, Ali-Aye-Ligang, Me-Dum-Me-Phi, Ambubachi Mela and lots of more.

Assam may be a home to 5 National Parks and 18 Wildlife sanctuaries, the very best concentration in India, are host to 25 percent of India’s floristic wealth and massive faunal diversity. The famous Kaziranga park is found within the Golaghat district of Assam is home to largest population of world’s one horned rhino species, Wild Asiatic water ox and Eastern Swamp Deer, wild elephants also as Migratory birds. This park has also the very best density of tigers. Manas park , also a world heritage site, may be a constituent unit of the Eastern Himalayan Bio-Diversity Region; one among the 2 biodiversity “Hot Spot” within the country. The mystery of the birds’ suicide at Jatinga Dima Hasao District, may be a subject of interest of all nature lovers and researchers.

The state is endowed with quite 600 tea gardens which provides soothing view to the eyes together travels right down to upper Assam. Around 20 tea gardens in Assam have developed and maintained golf courses within the garden area and a couple of have polo fields. The Jorhat Gymkhana Club is that the oldest golf links in Asia and therefore the third oldest within the World.

Located within the Nilachal hills within the western a part of Guwahati, Kamakhya Temple is that the oldest temple is devoted to goddess Kamakhya. The temple is popular among pilgrims of Tantric worship, more so during the annual Ambubachi Mela Festival. Hajo is another spiritual centre where people from three religions, Buddhist, Hindus and Muslims congregate for pilgrimage.

The mighty river Brahmaputra decors the geography of the state and one can take a Cruise along this river with first-class facilities experiencing wildlife, tradition, adventure tourism on its way. “MV Mahabaahu” a Cruise amongst the highest Ten River Cruise of the planet , is of great pride for Assam. Assam is blessed the world’s largest inhabited river island Majuli, which has several satras vaishnavite monasteries, some dating back to the 16th centuries; also because the world’s smallest riverine island within the world namely Umananda Temple which was inbuilt the 17th Century dedicated to Lord Shiva.