Assamese Archives - Abhijna e-Museum

WAYS OF SEEING: Art, Iconography, Craft and Museums

Curated by Mrinmoy Das, Founder, www.abhijna-emuseum.com Curators Note: The talk series is aimed to provide an elaborative idea on all

Festivals signify special moments shared by groups of people which are expressed through various traditional gestures and customs. In words

India’s north-east has an enchanting and a very rich cultural history. Assam which lies in the heart of this very

Poki, presently the Jyoti Bharati Museum, was the ancestral home of Rupkonwar Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, the doyen of Assamese culture.

In Assam there are 12 district museums, each providing an insight to the rich and diverse cultural heritage of the

Majority take ‘ambubachi‘ festival as celebration of goddess Kamakhya’s menstruation but infact it is the menstruation of the entire Mother

Indian Intangible cultural heritage is woven by multiple threads like religion, race, rituals and practices on a diversified geographical loom

Nestled near the historic palace of the Ahoms, the monumental Kareng Ghar, Uttaran Museum is a must sought destination for

Assamese silk was always celebrated all over the world from times immemorial. Ancient Chinese travellers and traders travelled along the