The cultural assets created by Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva and Madhavadeva are precious. They are treasure house for Assamese community. Bargeet and Ankiya geet are two gems of that treasure. Both were created to attract people towards Vaishnavite philosophy by Srimanta Sankardeva. Both kinds of songs have aesthetic delight and the power…
Compiled by Dr Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti Important Books and Articles about Life, Works and Philosophy of Srimanta Sankaradeva (All sources are in Assamese language unless otherwise stated) 1. Barua, Dr Birinchi Kumar, Sankardeva : vaisnava saint of Assam, (English), 1st edition,…
by Hari Prasad Hazarika The beginning of the twentieth century saw the onset of a different type of movement in Assam. It was a movement of search for truth, where some revolutionary intellectuals took the leadership. These people participated in the freedom…
by Dr Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva (1449 AD -1568 AD) was an important personality in the annals of Indian history. He was not only a religious preceptor, but also a social reformer, who had…
by Dr Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti Srimanta Sankaradeva, the father of Assamese nation, was an extra-ordinary person, who excelled in almost all areas of knowledge. His contributions not only made the foundations of Assamese literature, culture and social structure,…
by Dr Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti Enactment of the Ankiya plays authored by Srimanta Sankaradeva and Madhavadeva is calledBhaona. Many plays have been written since then by different Assamese playwrights in the style of theAnkiya plays composed by these…
DR. MALLIKA KANDALI Sattriya dance has some distinctive foot work patterns, which are called bhariman or Khoj. Bhariman connotes the movements of either single or pair of feet. In Sattriya dance the entire process of application of feet…
Dr. Mallika Kandali All classical dance traditions of Indiahave evolved for themselves a structural pattern or grammar, whether oral or written, for its sustenance and transmission. The Sattriya dance also, as an enduring tradition, has over the…
by Hiranmayee Das Gogoi Borgeet is the unique creation of Srimanta Sankaradeva and his ardent disciple Sri Sri Madhabadeva. In the musical hierarchy of Sankari Sangeet, Borgeet occupies the highest position. Scholars like Bani Kanta Kakoti, Kaliram Medhi, Debendra Nath Buzarbaruah, Maheshwar…
শ্রীমন্ত শঙ্কৰদেৱঃ- কীৰ্ত্তনঘোষাৰ শেষ ছোৱা, প্রথম স্কন্ধ ভাগৱত, দ্বিতীয় স্কন্ধ ভাগৱত, অনাদি পাতন, অজামিল উপাখ্যান, অমৃত মন্থন, বলিছলন, দশমস্কন্ধ আদ্য, কুৰুক্ষেত্র, একাদশ স্কন্ধ ভাগৱত, নিমি-নৱ-সিদ্ধ সংবাদ, ৰুক্মিনীহৰন পদ, দ্বাদশ স্কন্ধ ভাগৱত,ৰামায়ণৰ উত্তৰাকান্দ, কালিয়দমন, কেলি গোপাল, পাৰিজাত হৰণ, ভটিমা, ভক্তি-ৰত্নাকৰ (…