Agioi Deka ruins of Gortys. There is a local archaeological museum containing finds from the area. Other archaeological remains include the "Praetorium" located between Agioi Deka and Gortys, the tombs of Agioi Deka and the old church in the centre of the old village. The name of the village means Ten Saints, referring to the ten Martyrs of Crete (Agathopus, Basilides, Gelasius, Evaristus, Eunician, Euporus, Zoticus, Theodulus, Saturninus, and either Cleomenes or Mobius or Pompeius) who martyred there in 250 AD during the religious persecutions of the Roman emperor Decius. At the site of their martyrdom stands a 12th-century church. Agioi Deka
Nalini Prava Deka Radio broadcast Deka's radio plays on issues related to women and children.<br> According to "the Assam Tribune", Deka has "been like an institution to our society" and "has contributed immensely to the cultural and economic spheres of our state". "Dainik Sankarjyoti", an Assamese daily published in Guwahati, described how she played a significant part in nurturing the traditional indigenous Assamese lifestyle and social ethos by promoting indigenous Assamese weaving traditions (maintaining "taat xaal"—hand looms for weaving "mekhela sadawr" and "suriya chapkawn") and "dheki" (traditional Assamese crop grinders for rice and "pithaguri". Deka died on 15 June 2014 in Guwahati. ChaiTunes