{"id":12378,"date":"2026-06-23T12:07:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T06:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12378"},"modified":"2026-06-23T13:57:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T08:27:36","slug":"what-is-ambubachi-mela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-ambubachi-mela\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambubachi Mela"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ambubachi Mela Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The annual Ambubachi Mela which is one of the largest and most significant religious gatherings in eastern India started at the revered Kamakhya Temple.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About\u00a0 Ambubachi Mela<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ambubachi festival is <\/span><b>held during the monsoon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, generally in June <\/span><b>at the Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a shrine to the Goddess Kamakhya and one of the <\/span><b>most important centres of Tantrik Shaktism.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The period of Ambubachi is believed to be the period of the <\/span><b>goddess\u2019s annual menstruation, and the shrine is closed for this.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>festival is associated with fertility<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with the onset of monsoon, and the common historical association across cultures of the Earth as a fertile woman. The name \u2018<\/span><b>Ambubachi\u2019 itself translates to water flowing.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about the Kamakhya Temple\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is situated on <\/span><b>Nilachal Hill<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and adjoining the southern <\/span><b>bank of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/brahmaputra-river-system\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brahmaputra River<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the most revered <\/span><b>centres of Tantric practices<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It is regarded as one of the <\/span><b>oldest of the 51 Shakti Peethas in India.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Temple Architecture of Kamakhya Temple<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It had been modelled out of a combination of two different styles namely, the <\/span><b>traditional nagara and Saracenic or Mughal style of architecture.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This unusual combination has been named the <\/span><b>Nilachala Style of Architecture<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the only temple of Assam having a <\/span><b>fully developed ground plan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It consists of five chambers, <\/span><b>garbhagriha, antarala, Jagan Mohan, bhogmandir\u00a0 and natmandir<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or opera hall for performing traditional dance and music associated with sukti temples.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The superstructure of each of the above chambers <\/span><b>exhibits different architectural features.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main temple contains a modified <\/span><b>Saracenic dome,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>antarala <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">carries a two-roofed design, the b<\/span><b>hogmandir<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with five domes similar in appearance to the main temple and the natmandir having a shell-roof with apsidal end similar to some of the impermanent namghars or prayer halls found in Assam.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/en\/four-day-ambubachi-mela-to-begin-today-at-assams-kamakhya-temple\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DD News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ambubachi Mela is held during the monsoon, generally in June at the Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam. 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