Majuli - the largest river island in the world
Majuli is the largest river island located in Assam, India. It is one of the largest in the world as per the records. However the incessant erosion caused by the Brahmaputra river every year has made it shrink gradually and lose some of its original area. Still, it remains big enough to house several small villages within it and it has been declared as a district on its own, making it the first island district of India. As mentioned in my earlier blog ( link ), we set off from Kaziranga immediately after breakfast and reached Nimat ghat, Jorhat to board our ferry to Majuli. We were visiting Majuli during the 3 day Raas festival. Hence there were long queues of vehicles at the ferry point. Online ferry ticket booking was closed due to the festive time. Also there were some VIP vehicle movements happening for this festival due to which it took some time for us to get into the ferry. Somehow we could get into a ferry at 3 PM and reached Majuli by sunset. The ferry ride to...