Changing faces of religions in Assam and its socio-political implication

History of ancient Assam is reconstructed from epics and literatures like the Mahabharata, Kalika Purana, Yogini Tantra etc. The Kalika Purana and the Yogini Tantra, both composed in ancient Assam, describe the country as Kamarupa. Most of Assam's ancient and medieval religious history, though not fully evidence based, has been found in the Kalika purana and the Yogini Tantra. From the historical review it is seen that, though Hinduism was the single major religion in the ancient Assam, in the process of time it has become the meeting ground of diverse religions and cultures. Currently almost all the major religions of the world are practiced in Assam. According to the 2001 census, there were 17,296,455 Hindus, 8,240,611 Muslims, 9,86,589 Christians, 51,029 Buddhists, 23,957 Jains, 22,519 Sikhs and 22,999 belonging to other religious communities, which includes Animism and worship of nature in its various forms practiced by some tribes. The Paper tries to reveal the changing faces of religions in Assam and its socio-political implications.