Kamakhya Ambubachi Mela: Every year the Ambubachi fair is held at the famous Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam. During this fair, the doors of the temple are closed for three days as it is believed that the Mother Goddess gets her periods during these three days.
Kamakhya Ambubachi Mela
Kamakhya Ambubachi Mela: Ambubachi fair is being held in the world famous Kamakhya temple located in Guwahati, Assam. This famous fair has started from June 22 and will continue till June 26, in which hundreds of visitors from the country and abroad come to visit. During this time the doors of the temple are closed for three days. It is believed that during these days the mother is menstruating and she needs rest.
After three days the doors of the temple are opened. During this time a white cloth is kept outside the temple. After three days when the temple is opened, this cloth turns red, which is distributed among all the devotees as prasad. The devotees who receive this prasad of the mother are filled with wealth and happiness. The mother has special blessings on them.
The doors of the temple remain closed for three days
Kamakhya Ambubachi Mela is celebrated with great pomp and show. Devotees from across the country and abroad come here to have darshan of the goddess and get prasad. During this, the vagina of the goddess is worshipped in the Kamakhya temple. It is believed that the goddess has her periods for three days, so the doors of the temple are kept closed for three days.
From when to when will Ambubachi Mela run
Kamakhya Ambubachi Mela has started from 22 June and it will be celebrated till 26 June. Kamakhya temple is located on Nilachal hill in Guwahati, Assam, which is the main center of spiritual energy and goddess power, it is one of the 51 Shaktipeeths which is world famous.
Lakhs of devotees from the country and abroad come here for darshan and this is the biggest festival of Assam during which special worship of the mother is done. During the fair, bathing and worship is started at 8:43 every day, but during this time the doors of the temple are kept closed for the darshan of the devotees because during this time the mother is menstruating, after this on 25 June at 6:00 am the doors of the temple are opened for the darshan of the devotees, after the menstruation period of the mother ends, all the devotees visit the mother and worship the mother.
What is given in the Prasad
In Kamakhya Ambubachi Mela, the Prasad of the Goddess in the Kamakhya temple is considered very important, this Prasad is not given to everyone, it is given only to virgin girls, childless women and those who need it. Menstrual water and cloth are given as Prasad. People come from far and wide to get the Prasad of the Goddess and those who get this Prasad consider themselves very lucky.
