The City Of Authenticity

During the era of Ahom king Pratap Singh people from the heart of Assam form started following forming new villages. In Assamese ন (NA) means new and গাওঁ (Gaon) means village. This led to the formation of Nagaon. Nagaon is a centrally located district in Assam, situated on the southern bank of the Brahmaputra river. It is bounded by Sonitpur and the Brahmaputra to the North, West Karbi AnglOng ,Hosai and Dima Hasao to the South ,East Karbi Anglong and Golaghat to the East and Morigaon to the West. This area is a perfect mixture of modernisation and tradition. With the touch of modernisation it became the 5th largest city of Assam. Tourism Destinations In Nagaon Batadawa Than: Batadawa Than or Borduwa Than is the birth place of Vishnav Saint Mahapurush Srimanta Shankardeva. Srimanta Sankaradeva set up the first ever Kirtanghar here in 1468. The importance of this place is also derived from the fact that the saint was born at Alipukhuri – Bordowa in 1449. After returning from his 12 year long pilgrimage in 1493, he started preaching his Vaishnavite religious ideas here regularly and systematically. His ideas were based on Bhagavata Purana. The devotes of Mahapurush Srimanta Shankardeva and followers of Vaishnavite philosophy use to visit Borduwa daily from all over Assam in a large number . People believe Borduwa Than as the 'Dwitiya Baikuntha' ,The second heaven on Earth. A huge pond 'Akashiganga' and the other pond 'Santijan' two are the places of attraction of the devotees in Borduwa. A very big festival 'Doul mahotsava' (holly) is a yearly attraction for the devotees in Borduwa . The festival is an assembly of more than lakh of devotees from Assam and NE India. Maha Mrityunjay Temple : The Maha Mrityunjay Temple situated in Nagaon, Assam is the world’s largest Shivalinga with a height of 126-feet. Bharali Namghror : Bharali Naamghar is a temple situated in Bharali village. Bharali is about 2 km away from Hatbor, a place of historical importance under Kaliabor subdivision in Nagaon district in the Indian state of Assam. People of this place are mostly agriculture oriented and are guided by rich sattria (Eksarana religion) culture. In one word Nagaon is the best place to experience the Assamese way of life, and it is indeed . Tusa Ranjan Bora First Semester