BBCNEWS The Travel Show June 4, 2024 13:44:00
Do you know what? i think i'm going to take that one. well, here we are on land. it doesn't look quite as spiritual as i imagined. and if you look way into the distance, it's just one big, flat land of desert. but let's see. majuli island is home to 22 monasteries — or sattras — initially established in the 16th century by the assamese guru sankardev. boys are instructed from a very young age in the religion he preached, vaishnavism, an offshoot of hinduism.