Emotional tributes poured in for late singer and cultural icon Zubeen Garg as his wife Garima Saikia Garg spoke at a memorial gathering in Sonapur, where Zubeen’s final resting place is being developed into a green sanctuary in his memory.

Speaking at the reporters, Garima recalled Zubeen’s deep bond with nature and his love for Assam’s symbolic nahor (mesua) tree.

“Zubeen himself once said, ‘Wherever there are nahor trees, there will be Zubeen Garg.’ Now, he will permanently remain among everyone here in Sonapur,” she said, addressing a crowd of fans, well-wishers, and cultural figures.

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She expressed her wish to see Sonapur transformed into a ‘nahor forest’, stretching all the way

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