HT Correspondent
SIVASAGAR, May 21: Attending the shraddha ceremony of devout Vaishnavite social worker and Namacharjya Prahlad Saikia at his Phukan Nagar residence on Tuesday, former padadhikar and Vaishnavite pundit Rajanikanta Dutta said that Prahlad Saikia was a true Mahapurusha Namacharjya who had the blessings of the Gurus. He has departed physically but has left the fragrance behind. Dutta released the souvenir brought out on the occasion. The shraddha ceremony was attended by over a thousand people, including the general secretary of Sankardev Sangha, Kushal Thakuria, as the chief guest. Thakuria said that life, like all things on earth, is transient, but his good works will long be remembered.
It was also attended by ATASU president Basanta Gogoi, Muslim Kalyan Parishad executive president MI Bora, Bir Lachit Sena’s Shrinkhal Chaliha, Sangrami Sena’s Pankaj Khound, Asom Sangrami Sena’s Chitu Barua, Muslim Parishad’s Farid Islam Hazarika, and Asomiya Yuva Mancha president Bikash Koch. Kamala Gogoi presented Diha Naam, and Chandra Hazarika read out a chapter from Ghosha.