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The Ambubachi Mela is celebrated every year during the Assamese month of 'ahaar' (mid-June) coinciding with early monsoon; when the Brahmaputra river is in its true might.

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The celebration is said to acknowledge the yearly menstruation course of the Goddess Kamakhya, or celebration of feminity in the real sense of the term.

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During this period, the Goddess is considered to be extremely powerful, thereby cleansing and revitalising the entire Earth, which in practice is Her body itself. On the 4th day, the deity is bathed to reclaim limpidness and various rituals are performed.

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