Agioi Deka Agioi Deka Agioi Deka (, "Holy Ten") is a village in the Heraklion regional unit, Greece, with 861 inhabitants (2011 census). It is located in the 44th km of the Heraklion-Tympaki national road and it is the centre of the municipality of Gortyna (Δήμος Γόρτυνας). The village is built on the feet of a green hill with view to the plain of Messara, at altitude of 170 meters, over the remains of ancient Gortys. It is supposed that the cemetery of Gortys was located in this area, and many of the old houses are built using recycled material from the
Pabitra Kumar Deka During the 1960s and 1970s, Deka was drawn to leftist thoughts and activities. In 1967, he along with two other employees of the Assam Tribune group published a magazine called Samakalin edited by Padma Borkotoki. After the magazine closed down, Deka along with Nitya Bora published and edited a little magazine called "Naxa" in 1970 where the chief adviser was Dr. Hiren Gohain. The magazine "Naxa" was controversial at that time and also ceased publication after a few years. During this period, he also started an amateur theatre group called "Naxa Natya Parishad" where he produced plays, including Maxim Gorky’s