Batadrava Than or Bordowa Than is a sacred shrine in Assam, briefly bordowa. The shrine is located at Bordowa, about 16 km from Nagaon city. The great man Shrimant Shankardev has a special status in the people of Assam as a place of childhood, adolescence and career. It was in this bardwar that Srimanta Shankardev was born in Bordowa. Srimanta Shankardev established sri sri batadrava than in Bordowa in 1468 AD at the age of 19. Another feature of Batadrava Thane is that it was the first than established by the great man and it propagated the Ekshran naam dharma he started. It covers 286 bighas of land in Than.
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| Kitran Ghar. Main Namghar. |
Ancient Time this area on the banks of the Brahmaputra (Brahmaputra river) is known to be a watery place full of very Borduba or dovers. Apart from Shrimant Shankardev, the male bhuyans lived there in the village of Pond Khandi by tying an ali. It is believed that the name of the area has been buried in the faces of the people because it is full of great or great respect. According to another legend Kundil Kunwari Rukmini sent a Brahmin named Vednidhi to Sri Krishna requesting him not to be killed. When Sri Krishna came to Kundil Nagar from Dwarka with Vednidhi, his chariot ran so fast that Vednidhi fainted in the chariot bag. Sri Krishna then put the chariot on the spot and sprinkled water on Vednidhi's cheeks and his consciousness returned. This was followed by a 'very strong' place due to his mass given while climbing sri krishna ratha by resting the khante in the shade of a banyan tree. Since then the region has been known as Bordua [citation required). According to another story he was once in a severe drought. The great man Shrimant Shankardev organized a night-time renaming under a banyan tree to get rid of it as there was no limit to human danger in the drought. The said banyan tree is again said to have formed vishnu's neck from a nome. In time the name-kirtan ended and everything went home. Then, in the middle of the night, Shankardev, accompanied his two disciples, Sarvajoy and Boloram, came down the banyan tree and began to attract Ganga with yoga. The ganga comes down to catch the conjoined force of shankar and the banyan tree is dissolved in that stream and a pleasant sarovar is created there. This sarovar is known as Akashiganga for bringing down ganga from the sky. This place is also known as Batadrava because it is a 'bot solution'. At present both borduwa and batadrava names are applied in the same sense.
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| Second Gate |
Shankardev is said to have decorated the first Kirtan Ghar (Namghar) in Bordua. This is where Shankardev pretends to be the first sign. Shankardev started the Fakua and Daul festivals in Bordua in 1470 at the age of 21. In 1516-17, Shankardev left Bordua for security reasons. After Shankardev, Bordua was restored in 1656 in the art industry of Shankardev's son Haricharan Thakur, granddaughter Kanakalata and Bhagin Damodar. Satra is re-energized. Thus, after hundreds of years, the dispute between Shankardev's successors resulted in the division of two entities, Bordua Satra (Naruah Satra) and (Salaguri Satra). However, in 1958, the common kirtan ghar was officially opened between Barhisa and Sarohisa.
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| Main Gate Kitron Ghar. |
Management .
The Batdrava Thane Steering Committee was formed in 1964 and since then has been conducting various activities in coordination with The Nora Satra and Phulguri Sattar.
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| Guru Akhon, |
Bordua / Borduwa features.
The holy Akashiganga, Daul Temple, Padashila Griha (there is a public belief that there are traces of Gurujana's feet on the stone), Kirtan Ghar (Namghar) including Manikut, Sanchi Tree, Tembuani Jan, Shankardev Research Centre, Shilika Tree etc. carry the heritage of the satra. It was in 1985 that the Assam government established a small museum here. Many items from Shankardev's time are stored here. Among them are the main gate of the ancient Batdrava Thane, the fraction of the guru asana, the wooden statue of Radha-Krishna, the wooden sharai of that time, the wooden bowl, the saree, etc.
Major festival Bordua / Borduwa .
In addition to the daily name Kirtan, several festivals are celebrated in Batdrava Thane with ulh-malhe. Shankardev - Birth and Death Tithi, Fakua or Daul Utsav of Madhavdev and other Vaishnava gurus, Janmashtami of Sri Krishna, Nandotsav, Guru Kirtan of Bhad month, Bhawana, Ankia Nat etc. are organized. A fair is also held in Baradwa on the occasion of Fakua.
Bordua
The holy Akashiganga, Daul Temple, Padashila Griha (there is a public belief that there are traces of Gurujana's feet on the stone), Kirtan Ghar (Namghar) including Manikut, Sanchi Tree, Tembuani Jan, Shankardev Research Centre, Shilika Tree etc. carry the heritage of the satra. It was in 1985 that the Assam government established a small museum here. Many items from Shankardev's time are stored here. Among them are the main gate of the ancient Batdrava Thane, the fraction of the guru asana, the wooden statue of Radha-Krishna, the wooden sharai of that time, the wooden bowl, the saree, etc.