To instill the spirit of Vaishnavite ethos and culture among people in view of the spate of violence witnessed by Assam and for the propagation of Sattra culture among the younger generation, Auniati ...

The Barpeta Sakha Sattra at Panbazar here is more than 100 years old and remains true to the spirit of what Srimanta Sankardeva had preached about religious harmony. At present, the construction of ...

Jatin Goswami, a revered Sattriya guru, performer, choreographer and scholar, has ceaselessly worked since the 1960s to popularise the dance form that was originally a medium of worship at Sattras ...

Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 20 (ANI): Assam government has approved the creation of Sattra Preservation and Development Board in the state Budget of 2025-26 on Thursday. The government has ...

GUWAHATI: Asom Sattra Mahasabha (ASM), the umbrella organisation for Vaishnavite monasteries in Assam (called ‘satras’) has alleged two ‘satras’ and over 20 ‘naamghars’ (prayer houses) located in ...

Spectacular performances of music and dance ushered in the three-day Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Sangeet Sattra, Guwahati and the Ninth Rasheswar Saikia Borbayan Sattriya Award Ceremony, 2017 at ...

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 ...

Gandhi was stopped at Haibargaon en route to the sattra (Sankardeva's birthplace) where he along with senior Congress leaders and supporters staged a dharna Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with party ...

Enter the stage, three monks covering their heads with scarves, wearing long skirts and black velvet blouses, impersonating milk maids of Brindavan, and start dancing to the mnemonic syllables of the ...