Skip to content Skip to navigation

Soaking in bihu festivity

Braving a biting chill, the entire state is soaked in Magh bihu festivity on Wednesday. Every household is busy with the last minute preparations a day before the much vaunted festival of feast.

Today is uruka, the day of feast festival. Shops and markets are teeming with people for last minute shopping for the evening feast. Fish, meat and vegetables are flooding in the markets from early in the morning. Apart from feast a series of cultural programmes are lined up on the occasion.

After the whole night celebration, the bihu would take place on Thursday morning by liting up the wooden made meji to offer puja to the god of fire. Governor PB Acharya, chief minister Tarun Gogoi along with many leaders have wished the people on the occasion.    

Author info

editor's picture

Please send your comments to editor@assamtimes.org

Add new comment

Random Stories

Tributes paid to Pankaj Sharma

27 Sep 2008 - 10:18pm | Nava Thakuria
Floral tributes were paid by the members of Guwahati Press Club to Pankaj Sharma, an upcoming photo journalist of 'Dainik Batori Kakot', an Assamese Daily from Guwahati, who died of Jaundice in a...

Assam police-firing victims get monetary relief

28 Oct 2015 - 10:14pm | AT News
The families of nine police-firing victims in Assam were paid monetary relief recently following the direction of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The Assam government has paid altogether...

Mridul Dutta files nomination for Khumtai LAC

15 Mar 2011 - 8:25pm | AT News
The Bharataya Janata Party candidate Mridul Dutta filed his nomination today before the returning officer at golaghat for 97 no. Dergoan LAC. Dutta was accompanied by a large number of his well-...