Dhekiakhowa Bornamghar — Lamp Lit Since 1461.
Bornamghar visits are seen as senior-citizen pilgrim territory and slip off most secular itineraries. The 564-year-continuous-lamp fact is widely recorded but rarely included in Jorhat city tours. It's a 30-minute drive from Tocklai — easy add-on.WHY NOBODY KNOWS
A working Vaishnavite prayer-hall (namghar) where an earthen lamp has been continuously fuelled since 1461 — when saint-reformer Madhabdev (Sankardev's lead disciple) lit it in a villager's hut and instructed it be kept burning forever. India Book of Records lists it among the longest-burning lamps in the country. The temple sits on 13 bighas off NH-37 at Dhekiakhowa village, 15 km from Jorhat town. Pre-dawn (5 am) is when the priests refuel and chant the morning naam-kirtan — the building literally smells of mustard-oil and incense burned for 564 years.
