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By Editor On Monday, June 27th, 2016
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Dist admin elated over success of Ambubachi |The Assam Tribune

GUWAHATI, June 27 – Buoyed by the success of the Ambubachi Mela this year, the Kamrup Metro district administration has now decided to prepare a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for next years event.The More...

By Editor On Sunday, June 26th, 2016
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In Pics: Celebrating the Shakti Culture at Guwahati’s Ambubachi Mela

The monsoons have arrived in Assam, and with the rains begins the auspicious Ambubachi Mela in Guwahati’s Kamakhya Temple. The heart of Tantric traditions in India, the temple attracts sadhus, sadhvis and Tantric More...

By Editor On Sunday, June 26th, 2016
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Sonowal, Smriti Irani visit Kamakhya as temple reopens after 4-day Ambubachi | The Indian Express

As the Kamakhya temple in the Nilachal Hills reopened on Sunday after the end of the four-day Ambubachi ritual, Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal and a host of union ministers were among the first few who More...

By Editor On Thursday, June 23rd, 2016
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Ambubachi Mela begins at Kamakhya temple in Assam, 25 lakh visitors expected | The Indian Express

Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, who has been personally supervising the preparations said the government has put in maximum efforts to ensure that the Mela passes off peacefully. (Source: Express Dasarath Deka) The More...

By Editor On Monday, June 20th, 2016
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Guwahati ready for 2.5 million pilgrims to Kamakhya temple in next four days | The Indian Express

The Ambubachi Mela is said to be a festival coinciding with the four-day annual holy cycle that Kamakhya – the Mother Goddess in this temple who also represents the goddess of procreation and fertility – undergoes More...

By Editor On Tuesday, March 1st, 2016
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Modi govt in Assam overburdened with providing citizenship to Bangladeshi Hindu immigrants – NewsGram

Image source: cnbc.com Guwahati: The issue of giving citizenship to Bangladeshi Hindu migrants in Assam is creating hindrances for Modi government where elections to the 126-member assembly will be held in More...