In Assam, Kati Bihu is being observed across the state today. Kati or Kongali Bihu, marks a crucial phase of the year for every farming household in terms of the beginning of the harvest season and the relocation time of rice saplings.<br />''<br />''People of Assam will light lamps outside their homes as well as in paddy fields in the evening praying for a better crop in the next season. People also plant a Tulsi outside their homes and worship Goddess Lakshmi.<br />''<br />''Assam Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi,  Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and other senior leaders wished people on the occasion of the Kati bihu.<br />