Batadrava Than

Recently, an Indian politician was prevented from visiting Batadrava Than in Assam.

  • Batadrava Than is located in Nagaon district of Assam.
  • Also known as the Bordowa Than, it is one of the most sacred sites for Assamese Vaishnavites.
  • It is a temple complex at the birthplace of revered Vaishnavite reformer-saint Srimanta Sankardeva.
  • Sankardeva founded the first-ever Kirtan Ghar at Bordowa in 1494 AD to practise and preach the neo Vaishnavite faith during the fifteenth century in Assam, and propagated the Ek Saran Naam Dharma.
  • It is enclosed by a brick wall and has two entrances.
  • The Kirtan Ghar, a ....
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