Hindu holy men display their yoga skills before media on International Day of Yoga at the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, Assam, India, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. The holy men from different parts of this northeastern state arrived at the temple to attend the Ambubachi festival that starts on Thursday. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)

A leopard trapped in a well looks up to forest officials on the premises of the Kamakhya temple in Gauhati, India, Thursday, April 4, 2013. According to locals, the leopard fell into the well while scouring for food. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)

Indian Rabha tribal women in traditional attire take part in a tug of war competition with men during Baikho festival at Gamerimura village along the Assam Meghalaya border, west of Gauhati, India, Saturday, June 4, 2022. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)

Assamese girls wearing traditional Mekhela Chadar perform the Bihu folk dance during the Rongali Bihu festival, organized by All Assam Students Union in Guwahati, capital of the north eastern state of Assam, India, Saturday, April 13, 2024. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)

A wild water buffalo eats tree branches standing in flood water at the Pobitora wildlife sanctuary in Pobitora, Morigaon district, Assam, India, Thursday, July 16, 2020. Floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rains have killed dozens of people in this northeastern region. The floods also inundated most of Kaziranga National Park, home to an estimated 2,500 rare one-horned rhinos. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)

An Indian woman performs rituals near the body of her husband who died of COVID-19 in Gauhati, India, Monday, September 28, 2020. India’s confirmed coronavirus tally has reached 6 million cases, keeping the country second to the United States in number of reported cases since the pandemic began. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)

A one-horned rhinoceros crosses a road inside Kaziranga national park on the eve of the World Rhino Day in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, September 21, 2021. Kaziranga is home to nearly 2,500 one-horned rhinos and is the world’s largest habitat for the rare animal. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)

A farmer works in a paddy field at Reba Maheswar village, 56 kilometers (35 miles) east of Gauhati, India, Friday, July 3, 2015. Rice is one of the most important food crops of India and about 4,000 different varieties are grown in different parts of the country. (Photo by Anupam Nath/AP Photo)