Sushanta Talukdar
Guwahati: A safari in the Kaziranga National Park has left the visiting Princess of Thailand Maha Chakri Sirindhorn fascinated. The park authorities now look forward to more visitors from Thailand to the World Heritage Site.
The Princess, a Magsaysay award winner and scholar, watched rhinos, deer, wild buffaloes and other animals and birds during three-hour safari, KNP Director S.N. Buragohain said. Others in the 22-member entourage also enjoyed the visit.
Items of traditional Assamese cuisine served to her included chunga chawl (rice cooked in bamboo), pani tenga (tangy mustard chutney), and duck preparations. The food was served on traditional Assamese bell metal dishes.
The princess was on a three-day visit to Assam. She visited Namphake village populated by the members of the Tai Phake community on the banks of the Buridehing near Naharkatia in Dibrugarh district and interacted with villagers in Tai language.
She went to the Tocklai Tea Research Institute and the North East Institute of Science and Technology at Jorhat.
She visited Patsako village of the Tai-Ahom community in Sivasagar district. She watched the Ahom monuments in Sivasagar. The Tai-Ahom dynasty ruled Assam for about 600 years until the arrival of the British.
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