• Antushree Patgiri
• Arup Nama Das

The present study was carried out from August 2018 to April 2019 to record the food habit and to compare it in between the temple of Navagraha and Basistha in the Guwahati city. Around 4 to 8 troops has been studied and observed in both the temples. As the Rhesus macaque is a diurnal animal, so mostly they are day time eaters. Where they feed on natural food like leaves, coconut, banana, sprout and on provisioned food like finger papad, biscuits, Cakes and chips. The macaque has developed the preference for the human provisioned food during the day hours and sometime it leads to the conflict between human and primates. In the study the highest feeding activity found in Basistha temple is in the month of February 2019 i.e., 57.29% with the lowest feeding activity of 30.21% in the month of October 2018. On the other hand in Navagraha temple's feeding activity reached up to 56.94% in the month of January 2019 and the lowest feeding activity comprises of 30.21% in the month of October 2018. So from the record it is observed that maximum time Basistha temple's macaque feed in the month February 2019.

Navagraha and Basistha temple, food, provision food.

"' A Preliminary Survey On Comparison On Feeding Behaviour Of Rhesus macaque In Navagraha And Basistha Temple.' ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.525-540, September-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907B03.pdf

"' A Preliminary Survey On Comparison On Feeding Behaviour Of Rhesus macaque In Navagraha And Basistha Temple.' ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp525-540, September-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907B03.pdf