Ambubachi Mela at Kamakhya Temple, Guwahati, Assam
Ambubachi Mela at Kamakhya Temple, Guwahati, Assam Since I was a child, my father sent a money order to the priest at Kamakhya temple every year. In return, after about a month, we used to receive a packed with some prasad and a small piece of red cloth. That’s the only thing I knew about the Ambubachi festival. Later as I read more about the place, the more I was determined to see the event. Attending this festival was in my To-do list since quite some time because of its eccentricity. Last June, I got an opportunity to go to Guwahati for work, right on the time of Kamakhya fair. I’m always very lucky, you know . Ambubachi mela or Ambubasi festival is an annual fair celebrated for four days in Kamakhya temple, Guwahati, Assam during the Assamese month of Aahar (mid-June). It is believed that the presiding deity of the temple Devi Kamakhya (a form of Shakti) goes through her annual cycle of menstruation during this period. The temple is closed for three days during t