Bordowa or Bordowa Satra is a shrine, a centre of art and culture and is the birthplace of a great litterateur, artist, dramatist and founder of Neo Vaishnav dharma in Assam. It is around 140 kilometers away from city of Guwahati and is 18 kilometers north-west from Nagaon district of Assam. The Bordowa Satra is founded by the great Saint Sankardeva after his return from his first pilgrimage in about 1494 A.D. He found the first Namghar or Kirtanghar at Bordowa and used that place to practice and preach the newly found faith in Puran and Bhagwat. He used to call the place as Thaan or Dham and not Satra.