The Kamakhya Temple, Located on the nilachal Hill on the south bank of the Brahmaputra and is about 5 km from Guwahati is considered to be one of the famous
Peethasthana (sacred places) of India. Kamakhya is one of fiftyone peeth's where limbs of Sati fell her as her husband Shiva carried her dead body hither and thither in great sorrow. Mythology would have us believe that the uterus of Sati, the consort of Lord Shiva fell on top of this hillock when Lord Vishnu cut off the self-immolated body of Sati on the shoulder of the inconsolable Lord Shiva with his discus. It is as such known as
Yoni Peeth . Unlike the different other Devi temples in different parts of India, the temple here has no image of the goddess. The goddess worshippd here is a
Yoni (genital organ)
circle sculptured on a block of stone in a cave within the temple. During the
Ambubashi festival, which is during the monsoon months, there is great rush of pilgrims to Kamakhya from all over the country. The temple is famous as the centre of Shaktiworship. A motorable road winds its way up the hill to the temple. From the top of the hill, a panoramic view of Guwahati and the Brahmaputra can be witnessed .
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