The Viswanath Devalaya as a distinguished Devalaya of the
place is situated in close proximity of the river Brahmaputra just on its bank.
Although the Devalaya was built ages before the Ahom kingdom, Mom King
Pratapsingha rebuilt it from its annihilated ruins.
Keepingtntroadretuaondr at..r7F,Lageav needs maintenances …,, (aim Swargadeo
ordered Govinda alit ecniapnpc: of the temple Chas weikreva”41 as
keepnignarecarnaturd;cal Tam” iv ewrhgeedn much part of the temple lands etc. Dun
idcaboo got subm in the river, Swargadeo restore. since then the viswanath temple a
few meters away ;sal ten the land as’ Baam Biswanath% La the Original temple
temple was possible to as wellasi 9PrngaYbar built from river is known as orig owing
Lord as Me flute I on the day Gosain Bihu, the statue aying Position is displayed in a
procession d Krishna in flu PI the one suhmer Me other on the rth, every household gives their i Caravan. While the procession Pani Viwaath’ and . of the Lor reaches
Bhirgaon on the No obeisance gall Bihu festiva , to the Lord at the entry ga e Y in the
area in royal ng of the Lord, the idol of the t wa of the household.. ALoril is taken
back to the temple before the next day’s sunrise. !ler due worship seeking blessing
Everyone celebrates the occasion through various music and dances and seeks
blessings. An assumption can be made based on these traditions that the parampara
of ‘devadaasi’ or .nartakit was present in Biswanath in those days. During the winter
the place of worship is shifted from ‘baam Viswanth’ to ‘paani Viswanath’ as the river
dries up through applicable rituals. Baba Viswanath thus trasferred to’Pani
Viswanath’ is said to be present in Baam Viswanath for six months and the other • er
six months on Paani Viswanath. dose vicinity of the Biswanath Temple. Devalaya is
placed at a Baneswar Bardaul: The Baneswar Deval – 3. Ban
ertstilhcaainhdamarechitectu delight. e ight. King emple. It is a flawlessly built
structure reflecting un artistic T temple :rlid its too, occasional emOle• King Rajeswar
S’ Tana bolt this tShiva-raatri. ly ritualistic Puja (trayer) tak of Sadashiva. es place
during Sinha rebuilt it for devotion is Jagyeswar Sadashiva •
