2. Write briefly about the historical importance of Sri Surya Pahar.
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Sri Surya Pahar is one of the most important heritage sites of the ancient remains of Goalpara district. It is situated about 12 km away on the south-east from Goalpara town and about 136 km from Guwahati. Locally, Sri Surya Pahar is known as SataliPahar,
The Annual Report of the Archaeological Survey of India, 1925, recorded that in Goalpara district there is a hill locally known as Surya Pahar which is believed to be associated with the Sun worship.
The prevalence of Sun worshiping is supported by various discovered archaeological representations of Sun in this region. The KalikaPurana, a work in about 10th century A.D. composed in ancient Kamarupa mentions Sri Surya Mountain as the perpetual abode of the Sun God. The Text again cited, in Chitrasaila, the nine planets were worshipped. The Surya Mountain of KalikaPurana is evidently Surya Pahar, near Goalpara and Chitrasaila has been identified with Arvak hill near Guwahati.
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