Forest officials suspect the tiger strayed from the Oranga National Park and swam to the island.
In a video that is viral, the tiger is seen speed-swimming in the Brahmaputra and then hiding in a narrow cave on Peacock Island near Guwahati which is famous for the ancient Umananda temple.
The teams found it difficult to tranquilize the tiger as it was at a distance from the riverbank. "
This took considerable time as the space between the rocks was very narrow," the official said.
Ferries full of devotees headed to the Umananda Temple were evacuated as forest officials surrounded the river island and managed to tranquilize the big cat.
The Umananda Temple was built by Ahom King Gadadhar Singha in the last decade of the 17th century.
Source: NDTV