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SRI SRI MADHAVDEVA KALAKSHETRA Big text

Conceptualized in 2008, Sri Sri Madhavdeva Kalakshetra is a Cultural Centre in lines with the Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra, Guwahati. After going through many phases of Construction, the Cultural Centre was finally inaugurated by the Honorable Chief Minister of Assam, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma on the 10th of May, 2023.

LOCATION Located at Latitude of 26°59′47″N  and Longitude of 93°53′49″E between at a distance of 343 KM from Guwahati, and 53 KM from the town of North Lakhimpur, it is located at the Sri Sri Badala Padma Ata Satra, Narayanpur, Lakhimpur, Assam.

HISTORY: Badala Padma Ata (1546-1678) a Vaisnavite Preacher and a saint and a disciple of Sri Sri Madhavdeva who propagated his teaching during 16th and 17th centuries. established 24 Satras in Upper Assam including the famous Kamalabari Satra. He in the year 1636 established the Sri Sri Badala Padma Ata Satra, at Narayanpur, Lakhimpur.

In 2008, the then Satridhikar, Sri Kanta Goswami, decided to donate the land to the Government of Assam for the creation of a Cultural Centre in the lines of Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra to be named as the Sri Sri Madhavdeva Kalakshetra and subsequently the job was entrusted to Ar. Chinmoy Phukan, a young enterprising Architect (a graduate of School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi) to create a modern yet very Assam specific design for the Cultural Complex. And finally on the 10th of May, 2023, Honourable Chief Minister of Assam, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the same.

COMPONENTS: Sri Sri Madhavdeva Kalakshetra boast of a ultra modern Museum building, a Pandulipi Bhawan, an OAT of 1200 capacity, a ultra modern Auditorium of 700 capacity, a Guest House, Administrative Building, a Cafeteria, Children’s Play Area besides the running Satra consisting of the Namghar, Atagriha, Satridhikar’s Residence and Boha. It has provisions for further construction of an Artists Village.

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