Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma while attaining saint-reformer Simanta Sankardeva 575th birth anniversary announced about reservation of land for Assam indigenous people, also Simanta Sankardeva profounder of neo-Vaishnavism.
“We shall soon come up with a law to throw a protective ring of 8 km radius around Batadrava Than (holy spot alongside a satra or monastery). The land within this zone will be conserved for khilonjia (indigenous people) only,” Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
According to the sources, the law to be created is under process, the government is still working on it. The zone for the people is to be created around Batadrava, birth place of the saint-reformer which is located in Nagaon district.
Sarma added, “We have also decided to develop and beautify a total of 21 places where Srimanta Sankaradeva stayed even for a night during his spiritual journey. A modern namghar (prayer hall) will be built in these places and a 15-day circuit will touch these 21 places.”
