Tag archive for ‘Kamakhya temple’
By Editor On Monday, June 27th, 2016
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Aditya Sinha: Bowing before the Mother Goddess – News

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 More...

Kamakhya, Temple, Ambubachi Mela
By Editor On Monday, June 27th, 2016
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Kamakhya Temple to Get Rs 25 Crore for Development | Northeast Today

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 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 Wednesday, June 22nd, 2016
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Ambubachi Mela: Assam Temple Celebrates Menstruating Goddess Kamakhya

Quick Facts The Kamakhya Temple was re-built in the 17th century by the kings of Cooch Bihar There are three crowns inside the inner temple, representing three forms of the Goddess: Lakshmi, Saraswati and Kamakhya 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 Saturday, June 4th, 2016
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Kamakhya Temple among 100 under Swachh Tourist Destinations |Northeast Today

The legendary Kamakhya temple at Guwahati is among a hundred iconic spiritual and cultural places in the country that will witness a special clean-up initiative under the Centre’s Swachh Bharat Mission. The aim More...