Chaygaon
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Chaygaon ছয়গাঁও Chhaygaon, Champaknagar |
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 Chaygaon
 Chaygaon
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| Coordinates: 26°03′19″N 91°22′14″E / 26.0553°N 91.3706°ECoordinates: 26°03′19″N 91°22′14″E / 26.0553°N 91.3706°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Assam |
| Region | Western Assam |
| District | Kamrup |
| Elevation | 46 m (151 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Assamese |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 781124 |
| Vehicle registration | AS |
| Website | kamrup |
Chaygaon is a town in Kamrup district of Assam, situated on the south bank of the Brahmaputra River. It is 24.8 km from Guwahati. Maa Chandika Devalaya a Shakti Peeth (shakti Temple) is situated in Chaygaon,thousands of devotees comes during Durga Puja to get blessings from Devi Chandika. "Mer Ghar" of Chand Sadagar (merchant) situated near Chaygaon is of historical importance.
The word Chaygaon is derived from two words Chay (six) and gaon (village) meaning six villages people from different religions are residing here at chhaygaon since a long period with their eternal faith and believe with each other and different people use bto come here to pay their homage to the ancient believe of chandika mandir, and merghar a n achievement of then chand sadagar for the story of mythological evidence of famous behula and lakhinder,the daughter in law and son of chand sadagar, the famous merchant of that ancient times.
In ancient times, Chaygaon was part of Kamapitha division of Kamarupa. In nineteenth century, it became part of Undivided Kamrup district. In 2003 it was clubbed in Kamrup rural district.
It is a site with which a mythological story is attached to a merchant named Chanda Saudagar and his son Lakhindar and his daughter-in-law Beula. The story goes that Chanda Saudagar, who was a devotee of Lord Siva, once got a curse from 'Nag Devata' (the God of Snake) that he would have no descendents any further as his only son would be killed on the latter's wedding nite. To prevent this, Lakhindar and his bride was confined in the "Merghar" (a specially built sealed house for the newly wed couple to prevent entry of snakes ) However, despite every effort, Lakhindar was bitten to death by 'Nag Devata' . It was Beula 's relentless offerings and prayers that saved her husband's life later on. Ruins of 'Merghar' and replica of Siva idols are still found around this site.
Chhaygaon College is situated in Chhaygaon in the Kamrup District of Assam. The college volunteered to be assessed by the national assessment and accreditation Council (NAAC) and submitted its Self Study Report to NAAC in December 2003 NAAC constituted a Peer Team consisting of Prof. Ashis Kumar Roy Former Vice chancellor of Kalyani University, West Bengal as Chairman, Dr. Bijaylakshmi Mukherjee, Principal Basantidevi College, Kolkata, as Member and Dr. Iswar Chandra Jena, H.O.D of Commerce (Rtd.) M.P.C Autonomous College, Baripada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa, as Member Coordinator to visit the college and validate the self-study report. The peer team visited the college for two days from 20 to 21 September 2004.
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