During the annual Ambubachi mela, the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, Assam, closes its doors for three days, in celebration of Goddess Kamakhya’s menstruation. Imagine that. In a nation where actor Salman Khan likens his job to a woman getting raped (as if he, or I,...
Union petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday announced an aid of Rs 25 crore for the development of the Kamakhya temple’s infrastructure over the next couple of years. Pradhan, who was in Guwahati to attend a series of meetings and road show made the...
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 practitioners every year during this time. The festival...
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 entered the temple to offer their prayers. While Sonowal...
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 four-day annual Ambubachi Mela began on Wednesday...
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