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Charaideo in November

The Ahom kings’ burial mounds.

Quick answer. Prime season. Cool, dry, and the busiest festival month on the Assam calendar. For Charaideo specifically, November is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.

Mound landscape, representative of the maidams
November in Charaideo

The essentials

Status
UNESCO World Heritage Site (2023)
What
Ahom royal mound tombs
From Sivasagar
About 28km
Month
November, Assam
This month
Prime season.

Why November 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: Excellent wildlife conditions across all parks.

What to do

The maidams

Brick-vaulted burial chambers under earthen mounds.

Elsewhere in Assam in November

The wider Assam calendar this month: Raas Mahotsav, Jatinga Bird Festival, Majuli Music Festival, Chavang Kut, Dwisa-Grongani Fest. Dates shift with harvests and moons; we confirm them when you plan.

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Charaideo in November, planned properly

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