Nabagram

Nabagram lies in the country south of the Brahmaputra, near Barpeta in lower Assam. In 1583 the Vaishnava teacher Madhavdeva founded the Barpeta Satra, a religious community centred on congregational worship. His disciple Mathuradas became its first spiritual head. The satra’s kirtan ghar, or prayer hall, became a centre of Assamese devotional practice.