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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma launches financial assistance scheme for Udas
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
ssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday launched the Financial Assistance Scheme for Udasin Bhakats, providing monthly support of Rs 1,500 to celibate Vaishnavite monks associated with Satras across the state.
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Assam passes bill to protect, preserve cultural heritage, lands of Satras
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Assam assembly on Thursday passed the Assam Satra Preservation and Development Commission Bill, 2025, for the protection, preservation, management, maintenance and regulation of the cultural heritage of the Satras and their lands for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
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"Due to population explosion and illegal infiltration...." Assam BJP slams
Updated : 4 months ago IST
"If we look at the consequences of Congress' instigation, during their tenure illegal East Bengal-origin Muslims spread across the state, aggressively intruding upon the language, culture, history, satras, temples, monasteries, and educational institutions of the indigenous Assamese peopl
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Assam govt set to introduce bills on love jihad, polygamy in next Assembly
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The BJP-led Assam government is set to introduce several new important bills, including bill to ban polygamy and Love Jihad, a Bill to preserve Satras, in the upcoming session of the Assam Legislative Assembly.
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Assam government to set up Satra commission with quasi powers
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The Assam government has decided to set up a Satra Commission having quasi-powers for the protection of the state's Satras and their lands.
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Encroachments on VGR, PGR, Satras and forest land to be cleared in systema
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that all unauthorised occupation of VGR (Village Grazing Reserve), PGR (Professional Grazing Reserve), Satras, Naamghars, forest land, and other public areas would be cleared in a phased manner.
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Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma visits Khatara Satra in Darrang
Updated : 9 months ago IST
The CM highlighted that the Satras have been subjected to unchecked encroachment over the decades, but his government is committed to stopping this.
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Assam: Majuli gears up for Raas Mahotsav, expects record-breaking tourist
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Majuli, the world's largest river island, the core of Assamese Neo-Vaishnavism and the land of Satras (Vaishnavite monasteries) is preparing for one of its most celebrated annual events, the Raas Mahotsav, which will be held from November 15 to 17. This festival, which is centred around the
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Assam government to create blocks, belts to protect satra land from encroa
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said his government will create belts and blocks to protect satras (Vaishnavite monasteries) and other cultural and spiritual institutions from the menace of encroachment.
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Assam: River island Majuli immersed in Raas Mahotsav
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Majuli is the core of Assamese Neo-Vaishnavism. The district-size river island over the mighty river Brahmaputra has dozens of Vaishnavite monasteries, locally called Satras, and the Raas festival is organised in a grand manner, keeping intact the pure essence of the festival.
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Assam's Majuli celebrates Rongali Bihu in its own traditional way
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Majuli (Assam) [India], April 15 (ANI): While people across the state are celebrating Rongali Bihu, the Satras (Vaisnaviate Monasteries) in Assam's Majuli on Friday celebrated the festival in their own traditional way.
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