{"id":30578,"date":"2026-06-02T12:35:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30578"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:59:09","slug":"majuli-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/majuli-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Majuli Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Majuli Island\u00a0 Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new study has reconstructed nearly 4,000 years of climate and vegetation history of Majuli Island in Assam.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Majuli Island<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is located in <\/span><b>the Brahmaputra river system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in <\/span><b>Assam.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>world\u2019s largest river island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in Assam.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Formation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is formed by the <\/span><b>Brahmaputra River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the south and the <\/span><b>Kherkutia Xuti<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a\u00a0 branch of the Brahmaputra, joined by the <\/span><b>Subansiri River in the north.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Crops cultivated:<\/b> <b>Rice cultivation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the primary livelihood for the residents of Majuli, with several unique varieties of rice, such as <\/span><b>Komal Saul and Bao Dhan, grown in the region<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tribes:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Most of the islanders belong to three tribes-<\/span><b>Mishing, Deori, and Sonowal Kachari<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with the non-tribal Assamese comprising the rest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Culture:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The island has also been the hub of <\/span><b>Assamese neo-Vaishnavite culture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, initiated around the 16th century by the great Assamese saint-reformer <\/span><b>Srimanta Sankerdeva<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and his disciple Madhavdeva.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They initiated the <\/span><b>tradition of Satras<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (monastic institutions), and these Satras have preserved Sattriya dance, literature, bhaona (theatre), dance forms, mask making, and boat-making.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from Satras or Vaishnavite monasteries, <\/span><b>Majuli is famous for mask-making<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and has a tradition of pottery making.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddindia.co.in\/2026\/06\/study-reconstructs-4000-years-of-climate-history-of-majuli-offers-adaptation-insights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DD News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Majuli Island is located in the Brahmaputra river system, in Assam. 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