🚩Kamakhya Devi Shaktipeeth - menstruating goddess!! 🙏
Guwahati is known as the temple town of Assam. There are many ancient & new temples in Guwahati with different religious significance. This temple is devoted to the menstruating goddess known as Kamakhya Dham.
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Guwahati is known as the temple town of Assam. There are many ancient & new temples in Guwahati with different religious significance. This temple is devoted to the menstruating goddess known as Kamakhya Dham.
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It is considered the most powerful Shaktipeeth. The present-day temple was built by King Naranarayan of Cooch Behar in 1665.
There are different stories about the origin of Kamakhya temple but the story of Shiva & Sati is most significant.
There are different stories about the origin of Kamakhya temple but the story of Shiva & Sati is most significant.
Sati’s father Daksha did “Yagna” and he didn’t invite Shiva & Sati because Shiva was ascetic. Even though Sati went alone to her father’s house. Her father insulted her for marrying Shiva and due to humiliation Sati jumped into “Yagna” fire and died.
When Shiva came to know about Sati’s demise, he got extremely angry & distressed. He destroyed the Yagna & severed the head of Daksha. After that, Shiva started doing Tandav.
He was so grief-stricken that he put the body of Sati on his shoulder and roamed around in-universe.
He was so grief-stricken that he put the body of Sati on his shoulder and roamed around in-universe.
To bring Shiva from grief Lord Vishnu cut the body of Sati into 51 pieces with his “Sudarshan Chakkar”. It is believed that the womb and vagina of Sati fell, where the temple of Goddess Kamakhaya.
In India, most Hindu temples don’t allow menstruating women inside temples considering them unholy. This is the only temple where womanhood is celebrated. There is no idol inside the temple, the goddess is worshipped in the form of “Yoni” or the female genital.
Festival in Kamakhaya temple:-
Interestingly the temple remains closed for 3 days in the month of Hindu calendar 'Ashaad', which falls in the month of June. It is considered that goddess menstruate on these 3 days. The red color water comes out of the temple,
Interestingly the temple remains closed for 3 days in the month of Hindu calendar 'Ashaad', which falls in the month of June. It is considered that goddess menstruate on these 3 days. The red color water comes out of the temple,
which is believed to the body fluids of the goddess.
This water is considered holy & distributed as 'Prasad' among devotees. Some people dip the handkerchief in this water & keep that dried cloth in their house as a blessing from the goddess.
This water is considered holy & distributed as 'Prasad' among devotees. Some people dip the handkerchief in this water & keep that dried cloth in their house as a blessing from the goddess.
This is the only temple which celebrates the womanhood & menstruation is considered a blessing. This makes the Kamakhya temple unique as well as progressive. No one really knows how the water becomes red, it’s Kamakhya temple’s mystery.
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Though some people believe that the priest put vermillion in water to make it red.
🚩 ।। Jai Maa kamakhya ।। 🚩
🚩 ।। Jai Maa kamakhya ।। 🚩
