Batadrava holds a deep spiritual and emotional significance for the people of Assam. This revered site is recognized as the birthplace of Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva, a pivotal figure in shaping ...

In a major step toward preserving Assam’s literary and cultural heritage, the Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra Society on Tuesday handed over five ancient ‘sanchipat’ manuscripts to the Rashtrapati ...

The gamosa has entered the spotlight again, this time through a political controversy that followed the President of India’s ‘At Home’ reception after the Republic Day parade. The Bharatiya Janata ...

In his famous essay, “Three Hundred Ramayanas,” (1987) AK Ramanujan ascertains the plurality of the Rama katha. While Valmiki, the sovereignty of the “original” Sanskrit text, created in Rama the ...

Guwahati: Satras, a Vaishnavite monastery in Assam were a conscious innovation by Srimanta Sankaradeva in which he made Bhakti-based commune activities and social emancipation verily a mass movement ...

Guwahati, Feb. 17: In another three years’ time, when a Srimanta Sankardeva devotee travels to London, he won’t have to miss his evening prayers at namghar. A group of Assamese NRIs settled in Britain ...

The annual Raas Mahotsav is here, and what better place can be than Majuli in Assam to immerse oneself in the bhakti of Lord Krishna. The annual Raas Mahotsav or Raas Leela has started in Assam's ...