Editing Sankardev (section)

====First pilgrimage====
It is possible that the death of his wife increased his already existing spiritual inclination and he left for a twelve-year-long pilgrimage, sometime after his daughter was married to Hari, a Bhuyan scion.  He handed over the maintenance of his household to his son-in-law Hari; the Bhuyan Shiromaniship to his grand uncles Jayanta and Madhav; and began his journey in 1481. He was accompanied by seventeen others including his friend and associate Ramaram and his teacher Mahendra Kandali.<ref>{{harv|Neog|1980|p=103}}</ref> At this point of time, he was 32. The pilgrimage took him to [[Puri]], [[Mathura, Uttar Pradesh|Mathura]], [[Dwarka|Dwaraka]], [[Vrindavan]], [[Gaya, India|Gaya]], [[Rameswaram]], [[Ayodhya]], [[Sitakunda]] and almost all the other major seats of the Vaishnavite religion in India.  He seem to have spent many years at Jagannath-kshetra at Puri, where he read and explained the Brahma Purana to the priests and lay people.<ref>{{harv|Neog|1980|p=104}}</ref> At Badrikashram in 1488, he composed his first ''[[borgeet]]''—''mana meri ram charanahi lagu''—in [[Brajavali]].<ref>{{harv|Neog|1980|p=179}}</ref> According to Katha Gurucharit, the first Borgeet was "Rama meri hridaya pankaje baise" and he composed it in 1481 at the very outset of the pilgrimage at a place called Rowmari.<ref>{{harv|Borkakoti|2006|p=92}}</ref> He returned home to Alipukhuri after 12 years (his family had moved back from Bordowa in his absence). During his pilgrimage, he became the part of a pan-Indian Bhakti movement and helped it blossom.