Athkhelia

Firstly kindly inform you that in Athkhelia Namghar,there is no matter in religion...Means any people from any caste can come here....

Sri Sri Athkhelia Namghar is located in
Athkhelia,Golag hat(Assam)...


Athkhelia is a very famous place in
Assam because of the Assam famous
Athkhelia Namghar...
Athkhelia Namghar is about 20 kms
away from Golaghat town...

People
easily come Athkhelia from Golaghat
via Furkating and Balijan...And second
short way is Via Athgaon Chariali and
Salikihat...And the third one is via
Titabor and Borholla...


Currenlty Athkhelia Namghar is
considered to be one
of the holiest places of Assam...The
old
culture of the namghar is still
maintained well. Lakhs of
devotess come to the Namghar in the
assamese holy month of 'Bhada' (Aug-
Sept). Shankarev,
madhavdev tithi(death annniversary)
and Sankardev Janmotsav(Birth day)
are some grand celebrations
in the Namghar...

It is one of the oldest
namghar and was
center of Vashnavism in upper
Assam...

It is believed that Mahapurux
Madhavdev and his diciples first
established a Namghar by
the side of Kakodunga river near
Golaghat...

Hist orical reference of this
Namghar is found in the time
Gadapani, the Ahom King...
Gadapani, later known as Gadadhar
Singha, took shelter in this religious
place when Lora Roja
(Child King), then king of Ahom
planned to kill ot handicap each and
every eligible prince of
Ahom. This was just to secure his
throne. Gadapani first fled to Naga
Hills
to escape the wrath
of his king. Later he descended fromt
the hills to the plains and hide
himself
in this Athkhelia
Namghar with the saints... Eventually
Gadapani captured the throne in 1681.
He was grateful towards
Athkhelia and decided to entrust the
place.

It is believed that Gadapani donated
Eight Bigha land and 160 coins
(equivalent to eight kuri) to
the Namghar, so it was named as Ath-
kuria. 'Ath' means eight and 'kuri' is an
unit of 20 in
assamese. Later it became Athkhelia.

According to another belief, there
were eight 'khel' (scoial
divisions) in that area. The Namghar
supervised the religious and cultural
development of those
eight khels, so it was named as
Athkhelia.

The eight khels were
Bachakuri, Boiragikuri,
Brahmankuri, Nangalkuri, Salalkuri,
Kacharikuri, Borahikuri and
Kakotikuri...
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Prepared by:naaj...