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Ambubachi Mela:
News:
- The Ambubachi festival began at the Kamakhya temple on June 22 without mendicants, hermits and devotees for the first time in almost 500 years.
More about the Mela and Kamakhya Temple:
- The Ambubachi Mela is one of the prime attractions of Guwahati's Kamakhya Devi Temple.
- The 3-day festival takes place in the Assamese month of Ahaar, and it usually attracts people from across the country and abroad.
- The Kamakhya temple is one of 51 Shaktipeeth centres in India.
- It is believed that the temple’s presiding Goddess Devi Kamakhya – the Mother Shakti – goes through her annual menstruation cycle during this time stretch.
- The Kamakhya Temple is situated at the Nilachal hills in the western region of Guwahati.