Assam Revives Satras with Cultural Tourism and Digital Archives

Assam’s Culture and Tourism Departments have collaborated to revive 17 satras—Vaishnavite monastic institutions—by integrating cultural tourism and digital preservation. Each satra now hosts interactive visitor centers, traditional music performances, and archives digitized manuscripts on bhakti literature, dance, and calligraphy. Local youths are trained as cultural guides, while artisans sell souvenirs. The initiative has seen a rise in domestic tourism to places like Majuli and Barpeta. With the introduction of QR-guided heritage walks, over 10,000 tourists visited these sites in the past six months. The project aims to balance heritage conservation with economic sustainability for religious communities.

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