Situated in Inthem village, 17 kilometers from Margherita in Tinsukia district of Assam, the Buddha Vihar ... Despite being one of the region's oldest Buddhist monasteries, it remains deprived ...

The monks perfected the practice of shomyo, a melodic singing of Buddhist sutras, and in its heyday the village had as many as 50 practice halls. Ohara also was a sanctuary for nuns, and is known ...