Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday, September 21, paid tribute to Vaishnav saint Srimanta Sankardeva on his 578th birth anniversary.
In a post on X, Sarma described Sankardeva as the “guiding light of Assamese society” and said his teachings continued to show the way in efforts to build a vibrant Assam and Viksit Bharat.
“Today, on the auspicious occasion of Mahapurush Srimardev’s Janmotsav, I pay my obeisances to our revered Gurujona, the guiding light of Assamese society,” Sarma said.
He urged people to follow Sankardeva’s ideals of knowledge, devotion and compassion to build a better society.
Sankardeva, a 15th-16th century saint, social reformer and cultural icon of Assam, founded the Ekasarana Naam Dharma movement and played a major role in shaping the state’s religious and cultural traditions.
He was born in 1449 at Bordowa Than in present-day Nagaon district of Assam.
