Also, the popular Bihu state festival is celebrated thrice a year in January, April and December. Assam is also home to many tribes such as the Garo, the Mikir, Khasi, the Lushai and the Kachari tribes. World heritage sites Kaziranga National Park and the Manas National Park are the two prominent spots of Assam. Assam is known for conserving many extinct species like the one-horned Indian rhinoceros from near extinction, along with the wild water buffalo, pygmy hog, tiger the Asian elephant and various Asiatic birds. The thriving greenery grasslands, forests, wetlands, rainforests help in the sustainment of the flora and fauna of the region. Land of approximately nine hundred breeds and birds. The Brahmaputra river with its 1000 km length is also known as the вЂlifeline of AssamвЂ™ as its water quenches the thirst of twenty-two districts, five national parks and twenty wildlife sanctuaries. The mighty Brahmaputra River originating from the gigantic Himalayas passes through Assam. The tea state, Assam sits pretty between the grand kingdom of Bhutan, the land of the rising sun Arunachal Pradesh to its north, the abode of clouds Meghalaya, the Land of Festivals Nagaland, the Jeweled land Manipur, the songbird of India Mizoram and Tripura in the southern region of this part of the country. A tiny strip of land in the northern region of Bengal joins the North East with the rest of India. But, sadly Sikkim is not part of the seven sisters a sit is separated by a chicken neck corridor or Siliguri corridor. all the seven states are hugely dependent on each other and share great similarities in its biodiversity, religions, political, economy and culture.

This includes Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura. The North-Eastern state consists of the seven sisters. Why is the north-eastern region called the seven sisters and Sikkim their only brother? The largest monastery in India also happens to be in Arunachal Pradesh known as the Tawang Monastery, the highest average rainfall on Earth happens to be in Mawsynram, Meghalaya and do you know about the undivided dynasty of India, which ruled for nearly 600 years!! Well, this is just a gist, and hereвЂ™s a welcome to know more about what the Seven Sisters and their Only Brother have to offer. The states have a lot to offer, from having the cleanest village in Asia to IndiaвЂ™s oldest oil refinery in Assam, and you know where the fun lies? mostly all the seven sisters have International boundaries.

The beauty of the North Eastern States of India have always been talked about and has been kept under the covers of nature.

Seven sisters