This 12-day trip takes us to the main places of interest in Assam. We will start this tour in Guhawati, the capital of Assam, and then continue to Kaziranga National Park, which is home to two-thirds of the world’s greater one-horned rhinos. We will then take the ferry to Majuli Island, where we will visit the ‘satras’, the monasteries of the artist monks, and then return to Guhawati via Sivasagar, the ancient kingdom of the Ahom rulers.

About Majuli Island

Majuli is a river island approximately 400 kilometers long formed by the Brahmaputra, Kherkutia Xuti, and Subansiri rivers. It is home to many indigenous peoples, mainly the Misings, Deoris, and Sonacals Kacharis, and boasts a unique feature in India: the ‘Satra’ or ‘Ekasarana Dharma’ monasteries, which practice what is known as the ‘neo-Vishnuite’ Assamese culture, initiated around the 15th century by Srimanta Sankardeva and his disciple Madhavdeva. Srimanta Sankardeva was a scholar, poet, playwright, and socio-religious reformer. He presented Vishnuism as a social reformer that would be exercised particularly through the arts. Based on the old ones, he conceived new art forms in the fields of music (Borgeet), theater (Bhaona), dance (Sattriya among others), and literary language (Brajavali). Of the 65 original satras, 31 are still active in Majuli. Interestingly, each satra has its own artistic particularity in music, literature, dance, theater, and crafts.