अम्बुबाची मेला

The most unique Tantric festival in India — Ambubachi marks the annual menstruation of Goddess Kamakhya at the Kamakhya Shakti Pitha (Guwahati, Assam). The Brahmaputra river reportedly turns red during these days. The temple is closed for 3 days; on the 4th day (reopening) millions of pilgrims receive prasad of red cloth and flower. Major gathering of Tantric sadhus and Aghoris. No agricultural work or cooking is done.

1. RecurrenceSolar · ? · day ? · pañcāṅga ruletextual
2. Community attributionPan-Hindu — observed across communitiestextual
3. Name (eng/Latn)Ambubachi Mela (Kamakhya — Devi Menstruation Festival)textual
4. Name (hin/Deva)अम्बुबाची मेलाtextual
5. Name (tam/Taml)அம்புபாசி மேளாtextual
6. Name (tel/Telu)అంబుబాచి మేళాtextual
7. Name (kan/Knda)ಅಂಬುಬಾಚಿ ಮೇಳtextual
8. Name (mal/Mlym)അംബൂബാചി മേളtextual
9. Observed at100 templescommunity attested

• Temple 164764f6deity-festival association
• Temple 01cfd8dcdeity-festival association
• Temple 149b3ad2deity-festival association
• Temple 0ccd98e3deity-festival association
• Temple 26783ba3deity-festival association
• Temple 1174f006deity-festival association
• Temple 0c363162deity-festival association
• Temple 09872c57deity-festival association
• Temple 2a209ef9deity-festival association
• Temple 16a9c7cedeity-festival association
• Temple 25069757deity-festival association
• Temple 22ad1feddeity-festival association
• And 88 more temples in the register.

• eng / LatnAmbubachi Mela (Kamakhya — Devi Menstruation Festival)The most unique Tantric festival in India — Ambubachi marks the annual menstruation of Goddess Kamakhya at the Kamakhya Shakti Pitha (Guwahati, Assam). The Brahmaputra river reportedly turns red during these days. The temple is closed for 3 days; on the 4th day (reopening) millions of pilgrims receive prasad of red cloth and flower. Major gathering of Tantric sadhus and Aghoris. No agricultural work or cooking is done.
• hin / Devaअम्बुबाची मेलाअसम के कामाख्या देवी मंदिर में देवी के रजस्वला होने का पर्व। तांत्रिक परंपरा का सबसे बड़ा मेला।
• tam / Tamlஅம்புபாசி மேளா
• tel / Teluఅంబుబాచి మేళా
• kan / Kndaಅಂಬುಬಾಚಿ ಮೇಳ
• mal / Mlymഅംബൂബാചി മേള

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URN · ambubachi-mela