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Kamakhya in Guwahati is an aspect of the Hindu Goddess Sati. A temple in her honour exists in the Kamrup district of Assam state, India. The temple is one of the 51 holy Shakti Peethas related to Sati. Guwahati (Assamese: গà§à§±à¦¾à¦¹à¦¾à¦Ÿà§€) is a major city in eastern India, often considered as the gateway to the North-East Region (NER) of the country and is the largest city within the region. ...
This 14th century statue depicts Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right}. It is housed in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. In Hinduism, Gowri or Dakshayani is the Goddess of marital felicity and longevity, who is worshipped particularly by ladies to seek the long life of...
Kamrup was the mighty Kingdom ruled by Narayana Dynasty before the British broke the Kingdom into two big districts. ...
Assam (Assamese: অসম Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur - now a part of Guwahati. ...
India is subdivided into twenty-eight states and seven union territories; the states and territories are themselves further subdivided. ...
The Shakti Peethas are places of worship consecrated to the Goddess Shakti, the female principal of Hinduism and the main deity of the Shakta sect. ...
According to legend the Goddess Sati burned herself during the sacrificial fire at her father Daksha Prajapati's abode, because her father was scornful of her husband the ascetic God Shiva. (This incident gave rise to the custom of sati in India). In a rage, Shiva began his Dance of Death (tandava) to bring about the destruction of the Universe. The other Gods, afraid of their annihilation, implored Vishnu to pacify Shiva. Thus, wherever Shiva wandered while dancing, Vishnu followed. He dared not come close to the terrible Shiva, so he sent his discus Sudarshana to destroy the corpse of Sati. Pieces of her body fell until Shiva was left without a body to carry. Seeing this, Shiva sat down to do Mahatapasya (great penance). Pinaki redirects here. ...
Satī (Devanagari: सती) (also suttee) is a Hindu funeral custom, largely defunct in Modern India[1][2][3], in which the dead mans widow used to immolate herself on her husband’s funeral pyre. ...
Vishnu (IAST , Devanagari , with honorific Shri Vishnu; , ), (also frequently referred to as Narayana) is the most popularly worshipped form of God in Hinduism [1]. Within the Vaishnava tradition he is viewed as the Ultimate Reality or Supreme God (similarly to Shiva within Shaivism). ...
There are supposedly 51 pieces of Sati scattered across the Indian subcontinent. Her yoni (genital organ) is said to have fallen on the spot where the Kamakhya Temple stands today, and hence the spot has a preeminent status among the Mother Goddess' temples. Image:Kamakhya. ...
Kamakhya, the Goddess/yoni, exists in the main shrine as a large cleft in the bedrock, covered by water flowing upward from an underground spring, generally covered by a red cloth, flowers, and red sindur powder. Kamakhya is an important Shakta pilgrimage site, attracting many visitors. A Shakta, pronounced shaakt, is a follower of a sect of Hinduism which worships the Mother Goddess, or Shakti, in any of her various manifestations. ...
See also
Kamakhya Temple Image:Kamakhya. ...
s==Further reading==
- Hindu Goddesses: Vision of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Traditions (ISBN 81-208-0379-5) by David Kinsley
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