The maverickness off earth ended when Mother laid down her divine part on the land of Kamakhya. Mother who always stands for her kids to cradle them and to help them sigh.
Pertaining the soul to rest in peace and lay down the harmony of ultimate petiteness which is a cameo of peace and it pertains the divinity of her greatness.
| This place is one of the 51 satipithas, i.e., places where parts of Sati's corpse fell to Earth during dismemberment by Vishnu (Sati being the wife of Shiva who had committed suicide after she and her husband were insulted by her father). This is the place where her yoni (vulva) fell, and this temple is sacred to Kamakhya, the Hindu goddess of sexual desire. Outside, Sarma Panda takes me to a small shrine where there is an image of Kamadeva, the god of love (or lust), the Eastern version of Cupid. It's not clear, but he seems to be holding a bow and arrow, just like Cupid. Kamakhya as a goddess likely predates the Sanskritization of Assam. She is likely related to an important goddess of the Khasi, a tribe originally from Assam that retains matriarchal social systems and female dominance. The goddess ka-me-kha was likely Sanskritized and Brahminized to Kamakhya. This origin may survive in local Assamese pronunciation of the goddess's name, which sounds similar to "Ka-ma-kha." The Kamakhya temple itself is one of the most important Shakta pilgrimage sites in the world, attracting millions of visitors each year, particularly for Ambuvaci Mela in June/July, which celebrates the earth's menstruation and draws upwards of 100,000 pilgrims per day during the 4-day festival. |
