Guwahati, Jan. 13 -- Magh Bihu is a harvest festival celebrated in Assam, which marks the end of the harvesting season in the local month of Magh during mid-January. People of the state have celebrated the festival with community feasts after the annual harvest.

The night before Magh Bihu is known as Uruka, and people across the state are preparing to celebrate it on Tuesday. Markets in Guwahati are crowded with people to buy fish, meat, various dishes, including pitha (rice cake), different types of laru made from coconut, jaggery, sesame seeds, rice flour, puffed rice, etc., fresh cream, thick creamy curd, and golden honey.

Preparations are in full swing across the state to celebrate one of the biggest festivals of the state. In many ...