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Assam is the home of several types of silks, the most prominent and prestigious being Muga, the natural golden silk is exclusive only to Assam. Apart from Muga, there are other two varieties called Pat, creamy-bright-silver colored silk, and Eri, a variety used for manufacturing warm clothes for winter.
Assam is known for Assam tea and Assam silk. The state was the first site for oil drilling in Asia . [ 16 ] Assam is home to the one-horned Indian rhinoceros , along with the wild water buffalo , pygmy hog , tiger and various species of Asiatic birds, and provides one of the last wild habitats for the Asian elephant .
It is as follows (English translation: Uddipan Dutta)-[4] [7] The objective of the Sabha is to find out solutions as to how an infant mother tongue would grow; how would it equalize the other rich and developed languages of the world and brighten the poors and gloomy face of Assam; how would it grow from the present weak and sick status to a ...
Srimanta Sankardev [10] (/ ˈ s r ɪ ˌ m æ n t ə ˈ s æ n k ər ˌ d eɪ v /, Assamese pronunciation: [sɹimɔntɔ xɔŋkɔɹdɛβ]; 1449–1568) was a 15th–16th century Assamese polymath; a saint-scholar, poet, playwright, dancer, actor, musician, artist social-religious reformer and a figure of importance in the cultural and religious history of the Bhakti movement in Assam.
The author collected these stories from the common native people of Assam and then prepared this book. The names he mentioned in the preface of the book who contributed the folklores (but without explicitly mentioning who contributed which one) were Bhramarendra Saikia, Mahi Chandra Bora, Sitanath Sharma, Sarveshwar Sharma Kotoky, Rudrakanta Goswami, Wajed Ali, Naranath Sharma, Rusheswar ...
Banner of Assam: State seal Oxom Xorkar Emblem of Assam: State song O Mur Apunar Dekh (O Mor Aponar Dex) O my endearing country! State motto Joi Aai Ôxom Hail mother Assam State language Axomiya Assamese: State Literary Society Assam Sahitya Sabha (Oxom Xahityo Xobha) Assam Literary Society State festival Bihu Bihu: State dance Sattriya ...
Sanskriti is a Sanskrit word for "culture." It may refer to: Sanskriti Kendra Museum, New Delhi; Sanskriti Museum & Art Gallery, Hazaribagh; Sanskriti Museums, a set of three museums housed within Sanskriti Kendra complex at Anandagram, an artist village complex on the outskirts of Delhi
Brajavali (Assamese: ব্ৰজাৱলী; romanized: Brôzawôli) was a literary language used by Sankardev (1449–1568) for some of his compositions (Borgeets and Ankia Naats) in the context of his Vaishnavite religion, Ekasarana Dharma, in Assam.