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Charaideo
Charaideo, once the sacred place of the Morans and the Barahi's, bears the sacred memory of the Ahom Rulers. It was here that the Sukafa, the first Ahom monarch, set up his permanent capital in A>D> 1253 which continued to remain as such until the reign of King Tyokhamti, A.D. 1380-1389. Only the cemetery and sacred area can be seen today. Royal families and high dignitaries were buried in ritual Ahom customs in mounds, or maidams.
These photographs were taken along the road from Mon in Nagaland to Sivasagar in Assam and believed to be the town of Borjan.
These photographs were taken along the road from Mon in Nagaland to Sivasagar in Assam and believed to be the town of Borjan.
Following in the wake of a motorised ferry. First he will pole through the channel and then in the Mighty Brahmaputra he will use oars.
There is a touching folk tale from around here. A fisherman nets a large fish, but they do not have oil to cook it in. The mother sends their daughter to borrow oil from the neighbours. No one has that much oil. Eventually, the village merchant & money lender hears of this search for cooking oil. He goes to their house and claims the fish as they owe him money. He gets it and the household is hungry that night. .
This image is one of 20 installed on 4/22/13 as an exhibit in the main hall of Sutter-Auburn Faith Hospital in Auburn, California. It is said to be removed in July. It has previously been uploaded to my Flickr site under the collection, India.
These photographs were taken along the road from Mon in Nagaland to Sivasagar in Assam and believed to be the town of Borjan.
Ahom Raja's Palace
A new palace replaced Suklengmung's original one (A.D. 1540) overviewed by King Rajeswar Singha (AD 1751-1769) showing characteristics of Mughal architecture.
These photographs were taken along the road from Mon in Nagaland to Sivasagar in Assam and believed to be the town of Borjan.
An informal thirsty elephant gets water near a forest on the Dibrugarh (Assam) - Deomali (Arunachal) border in NE India.
On the Ledo Road. Within Ledo town.
66 years ago there was noise of war machines moving up and down. These days its industrial machines and peaceful market sounds.
Early November is tea plucking time. Two leaves and a bud are plucked for the cup that cheers. Upper Assam produces 54% of all the tea produced in India. Much of this tea is exported.
These photographs were taken along the road from Mon in Nagaland to Sivasagar in Assam and believed to be the town of Borjan.
Upper Assam has the longest stretch in India of broad gauge railway that runs along a highway, cuts through bazaars, tea estates, shanty towns and posh houses.
The people who live alongside the twin tracks have learned to accept the hourly sounds of trains passing through round the clock. Most would not settle elsewhere.
Ahom Raja's Palace
A new palace replaced Suklengmung's original one (A.D. 1540) overviewed by King Rajeswar Singha (AD 1751-1769) showing characteristics of Mughal architecture.
From an August 1986 Kodachrome- slightly dulled colours but rather well preserved still. Taken from the Moh Miri bird watching tower on Hollongi hill. The river Mora Difloo closest and then the slim outline of the Mighty Brahmaputra and in the far background are the lower reaches of the High Himalaya. Such an expansive view of tumbling and gyrating clouds are common here as the cold air from the Himalaya to the north meets the warm humid monsoon stuffiness of the narrow Upper Assam Valley.
These photographs were taken along the road from Mon in Nagaland to Sivasagar in Assam and believed to be the town of Borjan.
These stick like ladies have to work hard from morning till late evening plucking two leaves and a bud without the guarrantee of employment next day. Most tea gardens are reducing their permanent pickers to save costs. And increase profits. A Tea Estate near Niji Laluk in the North Bank of the Brahmaputra, Assam.
This is a memorial to Noel Williamson- the Assistant Political Officer in Upper Assam and his friend John Duncan Grierson. They were murdered by some misled Adis who thought that instead of the hunting trip the two friends were on they were going to kill some of the Adis. This happened in 1911. This obelix stands in Bokel Tea Estate, near Dibrugarh, Upper Assam.
All kinds of transport can be seen on the AT Road- Upper Assam's life line. To the right of the road runs a broad gauge railway line. The mellowest part of the year is now approaching and Upper Assam is a pleasant place to visit.
The tall tress are Hollongs. They grow to be more than 120' tall. These are remnants of an earlier forest which was so dense that the trees had to climb hig o get the sun. Their trunks are smoothened by earlier trees growing very close. These have now been cut.
These photographs were taken along the road from Mon in Nagaland to Sivasagar in Assam and believed to be the town of Borjan.
These photographs were taken along the road from Mon in Nagaland to Sivasagar in Assam and believed to be the town of Borjan.
Ahom Raja's Palace
A new palace replaced Suklengmung's original one (A.D. 1540) overviewed by King Rajeswar Singha (AD 1751-1769) showing characteristics of Mughal architecture.
These photographs were taken along the road from Mon in Nagaland to Sivasagar in Assam and believed to be the town of Borjan.
These photographs were taken along the road from Mon in Nagaland to Sivasagar in Assam and believed to be the town of Borjan.
These photographs were taken along the road from Mon in Nagaland to Sivasagar in Assam and believed to be the town of Borjan.
....means promises and foundation stones in most parts of India. This foundation stone marks a promise still to be kept.
These photographs were taken along the road from Mon in Nagaland to Sivasagar in Assam and believed to be the town of Borjan.
These photographs were taken along the road from Mon in Nagaland to Sivasagar in Assam and believed to be the town of Borjan.
These photographs were taken along the road from Mon in Nagaland to Sivasagar in Assam and believed to be the town of Borjan.
These photographs were taken along the road from Mon in Nagaland to Sivasagar in Assam and believed to be the town of Borjan.
These photographs were taken along the road from Mon in Nagaland to Sivasagar in Assam and believed to be the town of Borjan.