Sattriya Nritya – vocal (Borgeet) – Instrument (Khol) since its creation by the medieval polymath Srimanta Sankardeva and his disciple Sri Sri Madhavdeva in the 15th century has remained a living tradition and is one amongst the 8th principle Indian Classical Dance tradition and with the aim of performing this tradition, Sangeet Sattra was established in the year 1968. The main active person behind the establishing of Sangeet Sattra was late Rasheswar Saikia Barbayan (Sangeet Natak akademi Award Winner in the year 1980), the Muktiar of Kamalabari Sattra. The great exponent of Sattriya culture came to Guwahati in the year 1966 with a dream in his eyes for all round development of Sattriya Culture outside the four walls of sattra.