High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ekasarana Dharma (Assamese ?? ??? ????; literally: the religion of taking shelter in One) is a monotheistic religion founded and propagated by Srimanta Sankardeva in the 15th century. Most of the adherents of this religion today live in the Indian state of Assam. As part of the greater Bhakti movement in other parts of India, it rejected vedic and other esoteric rites of worship, and replaced them by a simple form that required just uttering the name (naam) of God. The simple and accessible religion attracted already Hinduized as well as non-Hindu tribal populations into its egalitarian folds. The new converts were accepted via a system of individual initiation and were given a path to social improvement. Institutions like sattra (monasteries) and village Namghar (prayer houses), had profound influence in the evolution of social makeup of Assam's society. The artistic oeuvres lead to engendering of new forms of literature, music (Borgeets or...

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