The Ambubachi Mela is an annual Hindu mela held at Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam. The Ambubachi is a ritual of asceses observed with “Tantrik means”. It is believed that the presiding goddess of the temple, Devi Kamakhya, the Mother Shakti, goes through her annual cycle of menstruation during this time stretch. It is the celebration of the yearly menstruation course of goddess Kamakhya.
Ambubachi Mela 2024 Date :
Name of festival | Day | Date of festival |
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Ambubachi Mela Start | Saturday | 22 June 2024 |
Ambubachi Mela End | Wednesday | 26 June 2024 |
Location :
Kamakhya Temple, Guwahati, Assam
It is also believed that during the monsoon rains the creative and nurturing power of the 'menses' of Mother Earth becomes accessible to devotees at this site during the mela. There is no idol of the presiding deity but she is worshipped in the form of a yoni-like stone instead over which a natural spring flows.