When driving down from Guwahati to Goalpara, about 140 km away, the first stop invariably is – at the Tukreswari Temple. Believed to be the place where a tukura (small piece) of Goddess Sati had fallen during Lord Shiva’s tandava following his wife’s death, the holy precinct is today also a favourite abode of the […]

Dadara-Pasariya-Singimari near Sualkuchi, about 35 kilometers from Guwahati, is a delightful destination. Not only are these villages home to two-thirds of the world’s population of Greater Adjutant Storks – known as Hargilla in Assamese –they also boast of the acclaimed ‘Hargilla Army’, a troop of 300 women conservationists raised by Smt Purnima Devi Barman. Popularly known as