Hidden Things You MUST Know About Kamakhya Temple 🤯😱🕉️❤️🙏

This temple in India celebrates a menstruating goddess; unbelievable, right? It's the Kamakhya Temple located on the Nilachal Hill in Guwahati, Assam. This temple is dedicated to Maa Kamakhya or Kameswari. It is one of the oldest and most revered centres of Tantric practices in India.
With pure devotion, visitors can sense the immense energy here. Not only the temple, but the entire Nilachal Hill is powerful and related to the temple. The temple complex is surrounded by individual temples dedicated to the ten Mahavidyas of Saktism, namely Kali, Tara, Tripura Sundari, Bhuvaneshwari, Bhairavi, Chhinnamasta, Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi, Matangi, and Kamalatmika. Among these, Tripurasundari, Matangi, and Kamala are housed within the main temple, while the other seven are located in separate temples. This arrangement is rare and uncommon, highlighting the temple's significance in Saktism. Maa Kamakhya has twelve arms and six heads of varying colors: white, red, yellow, green, black, and colorful. Each head has a third eye. She is wearing jewellery and red flowers such as hibiscus. She is seated upon a lotus, directly on top of God Shiva, who in turn lies atop a lion. That's why hibiscus and lotus are the main flowers used to worship Devi. To each side of her sit God Brahma and God Vishnu, who are each seated upon a lotus as well. The current temple structure dates back to the 8th Century, but the garbhagriha is much older than that, and it is one of the 51 Shaktipeethas as mentioned in the Kalika Purana. A radiocarbon isotope age determination test conducted by the Department of Geo-sciences at the University of Guwahati unveiled some astonishing revelations about the temple. According to the findings, the bottom layer of the temple dates back more than 2200 years, while the second layer from the bottom is approximately 1500 years old. Unique from other temples, there's no sculpture to worship in Kamakhya. Instead, the Goddess is manifested through a natural underground spring flowing through a yoni-shaped cleft in the bedrock. The origin of the Shakti Pitha at the site is associated with Goddess Sati who married God Shiva. Daksha, her father, was unhappy with his daughter's choice of husband, and when he performed a grand yajna for all the deities, he did not invite God Shiva or Goddess Sati. Goddess Sati, however, went to the sacrifice. Daksha humiliated God Shiva, and Goddess Sati couldn't bear the insults toward her husband, so she jumped into the fire and left her body. Meanwhile, God Shiva was stricken with grief and rage at the loss of his wife. He threw two locks of his hair on the ground, and from it emerged God Virabhadra and Goddess Mahakali. God Virabhadra and Goddess Mahakali destroyed the sacrifice, while the former killed Daksha by cutting off his head and burning it. After Daksha's family and the other gods prayed to God Shiva to restore his life, God Shiva ordered the head of the sacrificial goat to be brought to him. The goat's head was later fixed on Daksha's body. God Shiva put Goddess Sati's body over his shoulder and began his dance of cosmic destruction. The other gods, afraid of the destruction of the three worlds, asked God Vishnu for help to ease the anger of God Shiva. God Vishnu sent his weapon Sudarshana Chakra to destroy the corpse of Goddess Sati. Pieces of her body fell until God Shiva was left without a body to carry. Seeing this, God Shiva sat down to do Mahatapasya or great penance. There are 51 pieces of Goddess Sati's body scattered across the Indian subcontinent. These places are called Shakti Pithas and are dedicated to various powerful goddesses. Kamarupa is the region in which the yoni or womb is said to have fallen to earth, and that yoni took the form of a woman who is called Maa Kamakhya. Kamakhya temple was also said to have been constructed on this spot. Interestingly, a unique event takes place at this location every June. The Brahmaputra River near Kamakhya turns red. It's believed that this is the time when Devi Kamakhya menstruates. During this period, the Temple is closed for three days. There's no scientific proof behind the river turning red. On the fourth day, the Temple reopens for the Devi Darshan, followed by a grand celebration, the Ambubachi Mela, dedicated to the Goddess. Kamakhya is also a significant center for Tantric worship. A unique way of connecting with divine or spiritual energy is through specific practices such as rituals and meditation. Sadhus, saints, and tantriks from all parts of India gather here to practice Tantra Sadhana. The worship of this temple includes both vamachara and dakshinachara modes, with offerings typically consisting of flowers, although animal sacrifices are also part of the tradition. To go inside the temple, we have to wash our feet or take a bath in the pond in front of the north gate, then pray to God Ganesha and take permission from him before entering the temple. Jai Maa Kamakhya.

[@balachandransubramanyan1814]

Visited kamakhya temple last month and had very nice experience. You can feel the vibrations once you land this holy place. Prayed before the 10 devathas and also visited Umananda island temple. Real spiritual enlightenment

[@thakuria_tanmay]

Hi I am also from Assam and I love ur videos Jai Maa Kamakhya🕉

[@chuitchumann1748]

Hello Brother i m from Assam.. we The Assamese are very proud to have Maa Neelparvat vashini Kamakhya temple here... We are of those communities from India who celebrates girls first menstruation.. welcomes puberty of girls... Jai Maa Kamakhya 🙏🏻 Thankyou so much for visiting Maa's Temple 🙏🏻

[@sharauro]

Nice video, but please be mindful of the usage of certain words from English. You kept repeating Gods, Goddess. We have only a single supreme being(brahman), but have multiple devi, devatha who have an amsha of the supreme being commonly referred to as God. There are no multiple Gods, Goddesses in sanatha Dharma.

[@anjali00241]

i’ve been there and the energy there is inexplicable. such divine charm and mother’s love can be felt there immensely. i wish to visit there again but it’ll only be possible when it’s maa’s will. hope she calls soon:)) joy maa kamakhya

[@shimekagogz1995]

I like everything except animal sacrifice it's very disheartening to see

[@manajitmajumder7092]

Extensively covered and narrated in details, this valuable video presentation serves as an unique introduction to the devotees as well as tourists. Obliged, Sir

[@vijayakamath3031]

I visited last week to Ma kamakhya temple had a high positive vibes.But it was raining there could not visit the places which you have shown in the video . umananda temple was closed due to rain and just saw the place from the cable car.

[@shivamkumar-ec9fi]

Brother please help me

[@komalas4423]

When is best season to visit maa kamakya

[@ArunRaj-ol8wy]

I am an Indian decendant (Tamil) from Malaysia. Thank you for sharing this.

[@nitai_gaurgadadhar]

Maa Kamakhya is most precious gem of assam ,jay MAA kamakhya 💖

[@pranoytalukdar6422]

I am from Assam and I was waiting for this video of yours so that the people all over India can see our Temple❤❤

[@manajitmajumder7092]

Kamarup Kamakhya is amazing

[@KasDlonewolf]

Joy Maa Kamakhya!

[@rajeshgaitonde7795]

जय श्री कामाख्या देव्ये नमो नमः 🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹

[@ShruthiM_7344]

ಜೈ ಅಮ್ಮ ಕಾಮಖ್ಯ 🙏🏻

[@brigittelehmann9749]

Very beautiful im impressed i have always had a weakness for India love India greetings from the Netherlands

[@user-kb8ki3lb3r]

Jai Maa Kamakhya Om🙏🙏🙏

[@thushar5812]

Good explanation in English... Thanks 🙏