State : Assam, in the north east of India.
Time : 16th - 19th January.
Venue : Lekhapani in Assam, India. Lekhapani, the festival site is
situated at a distance of 70 Kms. From Tinsukia Town and connected by
motorable road via NH 38.
The Festival
Dehing Tea Patkai Festival held in eastern Assam named after the lofty
Patkai range and the playful Dehing river. It is a exhilarating cocktail of
ethnic fairs, golfing, tea heritage tours, adventures sports, wildlife
excursion and down-memory-lane trips to World War II cemeteries and the
Stilwell Road, once the passage to the golden land of Myanmar. It is
organised in the month of January every year.
The Dehing Tea Patkai Festival
Offers You
The enchanting beauty and variegated history of the North eastern part of
India prompted the Government of Assam to organise the Dehing Tea Patkai
Festival at Lekhapani, in the month of January every year. Assam's eastern
most district Tinsukia provide the visitor with unlimited opportunities for
fun and feasting.
You can go on an elephant safari and take the trail into the wilderness or
drive up the Stilwell road that once was the passage to the Golden land of
Myanmar. You can also visit the World War II War Cemetery.
The Dehing Tea Patkai Festival organises Craft Mela, Food Festival,
Cultural Programme for the visitors. The festival offers wide range of
adventure sports on the banks and the scattered islands of the mejestic
Brahmaputra which includes parasailing, angling & kayaking and water
sports in the river Brahmaputra. You can also visit the Tea gardens and the
Digboi oil field and lots more to
fit into this place.
Journey to the Dehing Tea Patkai Festival (Assam)
Airport : Shahara flies daily from Delhi to Dibrugarh.
Indian Airlines flies from Kolkata to Dibrugarh on Tuesday, Thursday,
Saturday, and Sunday. From Dibrugarh it is 40 minutes journey to Tinsukia by
road.
Railhead : Tinsukia town is well connected by Broad gauge
Railway. All Important trains viz. Rajdhani Express (twice a week),
Brahmaputra Mail (daily), Kamrup Express (daily), Inter-city Express (daily)
runs to and fro. The New Tinsukia Railway station is located in the Tinsukia
town.
Road Transport : The NH 37 connects Tinsukia with rest of
the country. There is regular Day & Night Delux Bus services from
Guwahati to Tinsukia.
Staying in Lekhapani (Assam)
Accommodation of moderate quality is available here to provide ultimate
satisfaction to the tourist from all over the world.
