page_title: Tourism in Assam
section_title: Majuli
hierarchical_section_title: Tourism in Assam / Tourist Hotspots / Majuli
caption_attribution_description: Majuli Island, Assam, India
context_page_description: Roughly shaped like a bird with wings stretching along the length of the Brahmaputra river, Assam is the main and oldest state in the North-East Region of India and serves as the gateway to the rest of the Seven Sister States. The land of red river and blue hills, Assam comprises three main geographical areas: the Brahmaputra Valley which constitutes the expansive wingspan, the Barak Valley extending like a tail, and the intervening Karbi Plateau and North Cachar Hills. Assam shares its border with Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram and West Bengal; and there are National Highways leading to their capital cities. It also shares international borders with Bhutan and Bangladesh and is very close to Myanmar. In ancient times Assam was known as Pragjyotisha or Pragjyotishpura, and Kamarupa.
  6th International Tourism Mart 2017 began in Guwahati on 5 December 2017.
context_section_description: The largest freshwater island in South Asia on the Brahmaputra River. Majuli is famous for its Vaishnavite Satras such as Kamalabari Satra, Dakhinpat Satra, Garamurh Satra, Auniati Satra, Bengenaati Satra and Samaguri Satra.
caption: A view of Majuli
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