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Union Home Minister Amit Shah connected Monday (December 29, 2025) inaugurated ₹227 crore redeveloped Batadrava Than, the birthplace of Vaishnavite saint Srimanta Sankardeva, successful Assam's Nagaon district.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union Ministers Sarbananda Sonowal and Pabitra Margherita, and State Cultural Minister Bimal Bora were contiguous during the inauguration of the project.
The Home Minister was accorded a accepted "Sattriya" invited by the ‘gayan-Bayan’ (singers and drummers). He besides went done the main cardinal gathering wherever the ‘Guru Asana’ (seat of the revered saint) is placed.
The determination to redevelop the site, named arsenic Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva Abhirbhav Kshetra, was archetypal projected successful the 2021-22 State budget.
The task has been designed not lone marque the historical tract a large tourer attraction but besides to bespeak the life, ideals, and creator practice associated with Mahapurush Sankardeva and the broader taste traditions of the State.
Mr. Sarma said that the task (Abirbhav Kshetra), honouring Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardev’s legacy, strengthens ''our committedness to preserving Assam’s satras, namghars and taste heritage''.
