Mayong Central Museum and Emporium

Mayong Central Museum and Emporium is a cultural museum located in Mayong village, Morigaon district, Assam, about 40 km from Guwahati. Known as the Land of Black Magic, Mayong's museum preserves artifacts related to ancient magic, tantra, Ayurveda and local history. It displays ancient manuscripts, traditional tools, sculptures and ethnographic objects, while the adjoining emporium offers local handicrafts and handloom products reflecting Assamese heritage.

Visitors can expect a small single-building museum displaying ancient palm-leaf manuscripts, books on tantra-mantra and Ayurveda, traditional agricultural and household tools, stone sculptures, masks and ethnographic artifacts related to Mayong's magic traditions. The adjoining emporium section sells local handicrafts, handloom textiles and souvenirs. The setting is a quiet village environment with simple display halls, informative labels and guided explanations about local folklore and cultural practices.

Mayong has a long historical association with tantric and magical traditions, with references in ancient texts and folklore linking it to the Mahabharata period. The museum was established to preserve and document this heritage, housing manuscripts, relics and tools that illustrate the historical practice of magic, traditional medicine and ritual arts in the region.

The museum is culturally significant as a repository of Assam's folk traditions related to magic, tantra-mantra, Ayurveda and indigenous knowledge systems. It reflects the identity of Mayong as a center of occult folklore and preserves ethnographic heritage, handicrafts and handloom traditions of the local communities for visitors.