GUWAHATI: Satradhikar Narayan Chandra Goswami of Natun Kamalabari Satra in Majuli passed away at a private hospital in Guwahati on Tuesday morning. The revered religious leader and social reformer breathed his last at Nemcare Hospital where he was admitted following prolong illness.
Satradhikar Goswami who was recipient of Sankardeva Award was also awarded honorary Doctor of Literature (D Lit) degree by Dibrugarh University in 2010. He penned several books on Vaishnavite culture in Assam.
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal and health, finance and education minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma condoled the death of Satradhikar Goswami.
Sonowal offered floral tributes and prayers to the departed soul of the venerated scholar in Guwahati.
“We are all pained by the demise of Satradhikar Narayan Chandra Goswami. He made immense contribution towards Satriya culture of Assam. We should all follow the ideals he has shown to use during his lifetime,” the chief minister said.
“The death of the scholar who was honoured with more than twenty awards including Sankardeva Bota is an irreparable loss to the society,” minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote on Twitter.
নতুন কমলাবাৰী সত্ৰৰ সত্ৰাধিকাৰ,বিশিষ্ট বৈষ্ণৱ পণ্ডিত শ্রীশ্রী নাৰায়ণ চন্দ্ৰ দেৱগোস্বামী দেৱৰ বিয়োগত মৰ্মাহত হৈছোঁ।শ্ৰীমন্ত শংকৰদেৱ বঁটাকে ধৰি কুৰিৰো অধিক সন্মানেৰে বিভূষিত পণ্ডিত গৰাকীৰ প্ৰয়াণ সমাজ জীৱনৰ বাবে এক অপুৰণীয় ক্ষতি।তেখেতৰ বৈকুণ্ঠগামী পূন্যাত্মাই চিৰশান্তি লাভ কৰক। pic.twitter.com/FrCJSVO5OJ
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) August 11, 2020
