A Case Study on the Education System of the Uttar Kamalabari Monastic Satra of Assam

The Satra, a neo-vaishnavite religious institution in Assam, India is almost five centuries old. The Satra institution has faced many changes in the growth and extensions throughout a long course of history. During a long time the Satra institution has multiplied in a large number and it has become a special feature of Assamese society and culture. Sankaradeva, the great Vaishnavite saint of the 15^th and 16^th centuries was the guiding spirit for the initiation and development of Neo-Vaishnavism in Assam. The Satra is a religious instituted in Assam, India, are the Vaisnava monasteries, symbolic entities of the Assam Vaismisrn, which are the residential places of the Vaisnava friars called the bhakats.

In this paper, basically the education system of Kamalabari Satra is presented. The impact of Satra institutions in Assamese society is duly analyzed through this paper.