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Majuli to pay tribute to Bhupen Hazarika :

Post Bureau, Jorhat (Sept 4): In 1968, the then Assam Sahitya Sabha president Late Ananda Chandra Baruah honoured music maestro Bhupen Hazarika with the title, “Hudhakantha”, at a programme held at Banshi Gopal Natya Mandir in Majuli.

Now, the residents of Majuli, the world’s largest river island, is all set to pay its tribute to the great musician by organising an All-Assam Bhupendra Sangeet Competition at Kamalabari on October 6.

Welcome :

Today a group of member of "ABAKASH MAJULI" welcomed new SDO of majlui
Miss Laya Madhuri with a FULAM GAMUSA...... She was very much cordial with us...
We expect a lot from her.......

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Play to highlight danger Majuli faces:

Guwahati, Sep 5 (PTI) The havoc wreaked by floods and erosion on the world's largest inhabited river island Majuli and the inhuman conditions that people are forced to live in will form the theme of a play that will make its debut at the sixth edition of an annual drama festival next week.

Madhab Devr tithi :

Step by Aasu in Majuli:

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Avoid Plastic :

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Satriya culture of Majuli :

 

(Photo by Mitu Khataniar )

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Parallel bid for Majuli heritage tag :

Parallel bid for Majuli heritage tag

 

WASIM RAHMAN

Jorhat, Sept. 3: An agency set up to protect Majuli has initiated a parallel effort to get the coveted World Heritage Site tag for the island.

 The Majuli Cultural  Landscape 
Management Authority, set up under the Majuli Cultural Landscape Region Act 2006, has proposed to seek the status for

IMPACT OF WITCH KILLING IN MAJULI:

A recent incident occurred in Luit Sapori in Majuli, where three unfortunate folks were killed as the victims of witch killing.

Suggestive Guidelines for Web site requirement for O/o. CEO, Majuli Cultural landscape Management Authority (MCLMA) :

1)         A Committee to finalise the website design and launch process and method may be formed consisting of Experts in Subjects of Sattras, Majuli, History,Cultural Anthropology, Ecology, River Hydrology, NGOs  etc.,  apart from the set up of O/o.MCLMA (refer MCLR act,2006)

Western Ghat's as World Heritage Site :

Chang Ghar or house on stilts :

Majuli in Upper Assam is more than just ‘the world’s largest river island.’ It is the hub of a unique sect of Hinduism thriving in Assam for centuries. The Mising tribe of Majuli, Assam, like many others in the region builds their houses on stilts.

Three suspected of witchcraft missing in MAJULI :

Three members of a family who were missing, were suspected to have been killed for allegedly practising witchcraft at Majuli in Assam's Jorhat district.

Majuli protection work to be completed soon :

NEW DELHI, May – The first phase project envisaged for protection of Majuli Island from flood and erosion being executed by Brahmaputra Board is scheduled to be completed by the current fiscal, the UPA Government has claimed.

Erosion threat to Majuli forest :

Jorhat : The first manmade forest in Majuli, which the Jorhat forest department is hoping to develop into a full-fledged forest in order to declare it as the first reserve forest on the Brahmaputra island, is facing severe threat from erosion.

Amar Asom (27.08.2012)

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Akademi awards for works on Mising, Bodo & Sattriya literatures :

 Narayan Chandra Goswami, Sattradhikar (head priest) of Natun Kamalabari Sattra of Majuli, have been awarded Bharatiya Bhasa Samman by Sahitya Akademi for their contribution to enrich the language and culture.
The religious leader has so far written 14 books, that too on topics of Sattriya culture and literature of Sankardeva,despite having no formal education. Some of his books are also used as reference by students pursuing MA in Assamese literature.