Mayong Central Museum and Emporium
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The Mayong Central Museum and Emporium is located at Mayong
, a place in the Marigaon
district of Assam
in India
, 40 km from Guwahati
. It was inaugurated at 1 pm on November 1, 2002. It has preserved some of the ancient manuscript
of Black Magic
and Ayurveda
.
Mayong (Assam)
Mayong , also known as the Land of Black Magic, is situated in Marigaon district of Assam, on the bank of the river Brahmaputra. Situated at 40 km from Guwahati and once considered the cradle of black magic in the country, Mayong is today a place of tourist attraction because of its history...
, a place in the Marigaon
Marigaon
Marigaon is a town of town area committee and the district headquarter of Marigaon district in the Indian state of Assam.-Demographics: India census, Marigaon had a population of 20,807. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Marigaon has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher...
district of Assam
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, 40 km from Guwahati
Guwahati
Guwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India...
. It was inaugurated at 1 pm on November 1, 2002. It has preserved some of the ancient manuscript
Manuscript
A manuscript or handwrite is written information that has been manually created by someone or some people, such as a hand-written letter, as opposed to being printed or reproduced some other way...
of Black Magic
Black magic
Black magic is the type of magic that draws on assumed malevolent powers or is used with the intention to kill, steal, injure, cause misfortune or destruction, or for personal gain without regard to harmful consequences. As a term, "black magic" is normally used by those that do not approve of its...
and Ayurveda
Ayurveda
Ayurveda or ayurvedic medicine is a system of traditional medicine native to India and a form of alternative medicine. In Sanskrit, words , meaning "longevity", and , meaning "knowledge" or "science". The earliest literature on Indian medical practice appeared during the Vedic period in India,...
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