Common Name: Butterfly Pea FlowerBotanical Name: Clitoria ternateaAssamese Name: Aparajita (meaning 'undefeated')Butterfly Pea Flower is a common and important flower in Assam. It is basically a perennial creeper and the flower varieties are the common indigo blue and rare white. It is said to be the favourite flower of the Hindu goddess Durga and is …
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A for "Anthurium"
Common Name: Anthurium, Laceleaf, TailflowerScientific Name: Anthurium andraeanumThis heart-shaped flower is truly elegant. It is vastly used as an ornamental flower in event decorations. Red, pink and white are its popular colours. Below is a photograph of a white Anthurium in bloom back home.I am taking part in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge …
AtoZ Challenge Theme Reveal 2016
Yes, it is that time of the year again, the AtoZ Challenge! This is my third consecutive year of participation. Frankly I had started preparing for this event around four months back. This year too, I have tried to work on my posts ahead of time and schedule them to be published on respective days.For …
Warm Winter
Unlike most people, I love winter. Winter makes my heart cozier and everything around me also feels cozy. Winters are so cold on the outside, but it never fails to make my heart warmer.Every winter, I am home (my maternal home) at least for a few days. I spend the days basking in the soft …
Precious Lemons
I am an Assamese and I have grown up on elongated lemons specific to Assam. This variety of lemons are simply known as Assam lemons. In Assamese we call them 'nemu tenga'. While growing up, I had never thought that one day I would yearn for these lemons as the dry earth yearns for rain. …
Z for Zila Sonitpur
Kolia Bhora Setu after sunset "Zila" means district in several Indian languages including Assamese. Assam has 27 districts and Sonitpur is one of them. Sonitpur district was created in 1983 when it was split from Darrang. The district headquarters are located at Tezpur.The name Tezpur is derived from the Sanskrit words 'Teza' (meaning blood) and …
Y for Yarlung Tsangpo
Yarlung TsangpoYarlung Tsangpo is the Tibetian name for the upper course of the river Brahmaputra flowing through Arunachal Pradesh and Assam of India. With its origin in the Angsi Glacier, located on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County of Tibet as the Yarlung Tsangpo River, the river flows across southern Tibet to break …
X for saraighat (e)Xpress
The Saraighat Express is a daily superfast train which runs between Howrah (Kolkata) and Guwahati (Assam). The train is named after the famous Battle of Saraighat fought between Mughals and Ahom rulers of Assam (Ahom Kingdom) in which Mughals were defeated by the Ahoms under the great leadership of Mahavir Lachit Borphukan Commander-in-Chief. The train …
U for Umananda
The Peacock Island at sunsetUmananda Devaloi is located on the Peacock island (the smallest inhabited Riverine Island in the world) in the middle of the Brahmaputra in Guwahati city, Assam. To reach the temple, one has to cross the river in a boat. Lord Shiva is said to have resided here in the form of …
S for Silghat
Silghat is a town located on the southern banks of the Brahmaputra, in Nagaon district, Assam. It is 48 km northeast of Nagaon. Major points of attraction include the Hatimura Temple and huge Samantagiri hillock. Last January, I took a trip home along with my husband and my sister. It was picnic season and we also …
Natasha'z Points To Ponder 