Stand among
Charaideo in January
The Ahom kings’ burial mounds.
Quick answer. Winter. Cool, dry and clear across the Brahmaputra valley, this is peak wildlife season. For Charaideo specifically, January is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- Status
- UNESCO World Heritage Site (2023)
- What
- Ahom royal mound tombs
- From Sivasagar
- About 28km
- Month
- January, Assam
- This month
- Winter.
Why January here
Mound tombs of the Ahom royals, listed by UNESCO, on the ridge where the dynasty began.
Charaideo was the first Ahom capital and remained the dynasty’s sacred burial ground: the maidams, vaulted mound tombs of kings and queens, line the ridge. The complex was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2023.
Wildlife this month: Kaziranga and Manas are open and at their best: grass is short and sightings are easiest.
What to do
The maidams
Brick-vaulted burial chambers under earthen mounds.
Elsewhere in Assam in January
The wider Assam calendar this month: Magh Bihu. Dates shift with harvests and moons; we confirm them when you plan.
Pair it with
Charaideo in January, planned properly
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