Majuli, which is recognised as the largest inhabited riverine island in the world, is located in the course of which river in India?
Brahmaputra
Majuli lies in Assam and is formed by the Brahmaputra river on the south and its anabranch, the Kherkutia Xuti, joined by the Subansiri, on the north.
It is recognised as the largest inhabited riverine island in the world and became India’s first island district in 2016.
It is a centre of Assamese neo-Vaishnavite culture with many satras.
Hence, Brahmaputra.
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