Visit of Dr Pitambar Deva Goswami, Satradhikar of Auniati Satra, Majuli, Assam

Satradhikar Dr Pitambar Deva Goswami of Auniati Satra accompanied by Deka Adhikari Debananda Goswami and Aditya Goswami, President of Duliajan Sahitya Sabha, Visited the UK in June 2026 for a week.

The primary reason of his visit was to give an educational lecture on “Vaishnavite Culture of Assam”  at the Parliament House in London on Wednesday 17^th June 2026. This lecture was organised at the initiative and invitation of Mr Bob Blackman CBE, MP of the British Parliament. He was actively helped and supported by Chinu Kishore, Secretary of the UAAUK and her family. The event started with an address welcoming the guests and the attendees on behalf of the United Assam Association of the UK  and the Luitporiya Nasoni group. The invited audience listening to the Satradhikar’s informative and educational lecture included several dignitaries representing  various communities and organisations. Never before the Vaishnavite Assamese Culture and heritage was presented by a Satradhikar of Assam  to the outside world from such an important venue. The Sattriya Dance and Borgeet, two of Sankaradeva’s cultural creations, more than five centuries ago, was presented to the audience by the local Assamese artists demonstrating the influence of Vaishnavite culture in the present-day Assamese life.

For the Satradhikar and his accompanying guests, the British Museum opened its climate-controlled textile storage and study facility to view the remarkable Assamese woven silk textile, the Vrindavani Vashtra, which was not available for public display at the time. The Satradhikar also visited the British Library and enjoyed viewing the first publication of  renowned Assamese news magazine “Asom Bilasini” printed and published by Auniati Satra. During his short visit, the Satradhikar also visited Shakespear’s birthplace Stratford upon Avon. Satradhikar Dr Deva Goswami and his team flew back to India on 18^th June.