Bordowa than

Batadrava than[1][2][3][4][5][6] or bordowa than,[7] bordowa for short is a holy pilgrimage site in Assam. Srimanta Sankardev was born in 1449 in Bordowa. Bordowa than is also a place of childhood, adolescence and career of Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva. The satra belongs to the sect known as the Purasamhati and the satraadhikar is chosen from a Brahmin or a Kayastha family.[8] The satra brought back caste rules and brahminical rituals to a greater or lesser extent deviating from teachings of Sankardeva.[9]

Bordowa than
Batadrava than
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictNagaon
FestivalsDoul jatra (Holi), Sankardev Utsav (Sankaradeva birth anniversary, Sri Krishna Janmashtami ,
Location
LocationBatadrava
StateAssam
CountryIndia
Architecture
CreatorSankardev
Date established1468
Specifications
Site area286
Temple(s)4
Website
https://www.facebook.com/tothyositra/

The pilgrimage site is located at Batadrava,[10] about 16 km from Nagaon city. In 1468, at the age of 19, Srimanta Sankaradev established sri sri Batadrava than in Bordowa. Another feature of Bordowa than is that it is the first Than or Namghar in the world founded by Sankaradev. And from here Sankardev spread Ekasarana Dharma all over India . Bordowa[11] than covers an area of 286 bighas.

History

Notes
  1. "Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma launches projects worth Rs 22 crore at Batadrava Than". April 17, 2022.
  2. "Monastery land-grab row snowballs into an election issue in Assam". Hindustan Times. April 8, 2016.
  3. Bureau, Pratidin. "Batadrava Than To be Transformed Like Golden Temple". Pratidin Time.
  4. "Sonowal firm on clearing xatra land". www.telegraphindia.com.
  5. "Himanta Biswa Sarma: As promised, Batadrava Than's beautification under way; Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma | Guwahati News - Times of India". The Times of India.
  6. "Batadrava Than in Assam to be developed like Golden Temple - News Live". December 8, 2020.
  7. Desk, Sentinel Digital (December 8, 2020). "Assam's Batadrava Than to be developed like the Golden Temple of Amritsar - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com.
  8. (Shin 2017:248)
  9. (Nath 2014:353)
  10. Webdesk, Time8 (January 25, 2022). "Assam: Mystery donor gives 40 tola gold to Batadrava than".
  11. "Wood carvings of Bordowa being restored". assamtribune.com. September 15, 2010.

References
  • Shin, Jae-Eun (2017), "Transition of Satra from a Venue of Bhakti Movement to the Orthodox Brahmanical Institution", in Ota, Nobuhiro (ed.), Clustering and Connections in Pre-Modern South Asian Society, Tokyo: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, pp. 237–257
  • Nath, Dambarudhar (2014), "Cult, ideology and conflict: The "MĀYĀMARĀ" Vaishnavism and social conflict in 18th century Assam", Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 75: 351–357, ISSN 2249-1937, JSTOR 44158402
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