NAHARKATIA, Jun 10: The Assam Government has sanctioned more than Rs. 2 crore, under the Department of Transformation and Development, for the construction of Namghar at Namsang village in Tirap district. The project is an initiative of  Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, and Wangki Lowang, Minister of PHE&WS, DoTCL & IT, Government of Arunachal Pradesh to revive and strengthen the age-old relations that existed between the Noctes and the Ahoms. The project was executed in the presence of Taranga Gogoi, MLA of Naharkatia, Assam, and the representatives of Namsang village.
The Namsang Namghar will be built in  honour of Hote the First, the Nocte King of undivided Namsang and Borduria kingdoms, who accepted tenets of Vaishnavism in late 18th Century at the Bali Satra of Sasoni village in  Naharkartiya, Assam. Sree Ram Dev, the satradhikar of the Satra and Hote's guru, baptised his Nocte disciple as Narottam, which means the 'best among men'. Till this day, Narottam is honoured by the Noctes by performing an annual ritual in his name. Places such as Narottam Nagar in Deomali, Narottam Nocte Heritage  and Cultural Centre in Borduria etc. are named after Hote.
In his message through social media, the  Paramount Chief of Borduria & 57-Borduria-Bogapani, MLA Wanglin Lowangdong congratulated the people of Namsang and thanked the CM  Sharma and the Government of Assam for sanctioning such a huge amount for the Namghar Heritage at Namsang. DIPRO

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