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Samaguri Satra: Mask-Making Hub of Majuli

2020/07/112020/08/05 Jitaditya Narzary 15 Comments assam, Chamaguri, Majuli, Mask Making, Samaguri, Satra

A quick visit to the Chamaguri Satra, the center of Majuli’s famed, mask-making culture.

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Sri Surya Pahar: Hills of Oblivion

2020/03/172020/03/18 Jitaditya Narzary 3 Comments assam, goalpara, Sri Surya Pahar

The hills of Sri Surya in Goalpara district of Assam is its most important archaeological site that has Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain remains of unexplained vintage.

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Tezpur: The Cultural Capital of Assam

2019/05/20 Jitaditya Narzary 0 Comments assam, Tezpur

Tezpur is a historical city in Assam, which is also the gateway to places like Tawang and Bomdila in Arunachal.

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Majuli on a Pink Cycle

2019/03/122019/03/12 Jitaditya Narzary 8 Comments assam, Majuli, Northeast India

A travel blog with an account of exploring Majuli on a bicycle, visiting Satras, drinking apong (rice beer), spotting birds, interviewing artists, and much more.

Assam North East India

Sivasagar: A Walk Through 600 years

2017/08/222017/12/29 Jitaditya Narzary 16 Comments Ahom, assam, Charaideu, Joydol, Kareng Ghar, Rang Ghar, Sivadol, Sivasagar, Talatal Ghar

A heritage-walk through Sivasagar, the erstwhile capital of Ahom Kingdom, covering monuments like Rang Ghar, Talatal Ghar, Kareng Ghar, Sivadol, Joidol, Charaideu etc.

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Majuli Complete DIY Travel Guide

2017/08/112019/12/31 Jitaditya Narzary 24 Comments assam, Auniati, Brahmaputra, Garamur, Hotels in Majuli, Jadhav Payeng, Kamalabari, Majuli, Majuli accomodation, Majuli ferry, Majuli Tourism, Majuli Travel Guide, Mishing, Sankardeva, Satra, Xatra

To reach Majuli, the largest river island in the world, you have to take a boat ride. A person has to pay INR 15 (~ $ .25) for a one-way trip. Rates are different for different things. Two-wheelers are not expensive but four-wheelers cost you INR 700. Rates differ for cows, horses, pigs, goats, chicken, ducks… & even for elephants in case you need to take them with you.

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Sivadol of Sivasagar: Nostalgia of a Doomed Dome

2017/02/242017/08/04 Jitaditya Narzary 13 Comments assam, Northeast, Sivadol, Sivasagar

The original Kolosi (Kalasha) or vase-like structure at the top of the Sivadol in Sivasagar or Sibsagar was made of pure gold. It was too meaningless a use of the valuable gold for the British. So, they eventually brought that down.

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Charaideo Maidams: Hobbiton on the Hilltop

2017/02/212017/08/04 Jitaditya Narzary 24 Comments assam, Charaideo, Maidam, Northeast, Sivasagar

Charaideu maidams are a series of hemispherical mounds that are graves of Ahom Kingsm at a dstance of 30 KMs from SIvasagar town.

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Hayagriva Madhab Temple, Hajo

2016/05/152019/10/18 Jitaditya Narzary 3 Comments Archaelogy, assam, Hajo, Hayagriv Madhav Temple, Northeast

Hayagriva Madhab Temple in Hajo is named after Hayagriva, the horse headed avatar of Lord Vishnu. As is the case with most Archaeological sites in Assam, this place survives more as a living religious site.