“Where rhinos roam free and rivers run wider than roads”
The Northeast's largest economy and cultural anchor — tea gardens, Brahmaputra-river ecology, and the gateway to the rest of the region. Kaziranga (UNESCO) holds two-thirds of the world's one-horned rhinos; Manas is the second tiger reserve, also UNESCO; Majuli is the world's largest river island and the seat of Vaishnavite monastic culture; Sivasagar holds the Ahom-dynasty palaces; Jorhat is the tea capital. Charaideo's Maidam burials joined the UNESCO list in 2024. 8 destinations across the state.
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