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THE SATRAS - III |
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Further, fees are
to be paid on the occasions of any birth, marriage or death in the family of the
disciples. The Satras have a special set of officers
known as Medhi, Rajmedhi,
Sajtola and Pacani
to collect fees and contributions from the lay disciples. These incomes serve to
make the Satras extremely prosperous and enable them
to run their large organization.
The Satra organization is very much interested, in the organization of the laity in the
villages, and from the beginning of the movement this was 'done through the village-Namghars, The Namghars
which were set up as central religious institutions of the village worked to a large
extent towards spread of intellectual and cultural activities in the village, and in
course of time being nerve-centres of the village came to co-ordinate all the aspects of
social, economic and political life of the Assamese people. |
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