Kamakhya devi

The Kamakhya temple, Assam. Located on the Nilachal hill in the capital city of Guwahati, the deity of the temple, Kamakhya Devi is the goddess of desire and represented as the yoni or womb of creation. She is both Kali and Lalita Tripura Sundari. Two faces of the same coin. This is the place where yoniof Sati fell due to Shiva's tandava nritya or dance of destruction. The garbhagriha (sanctum sanctorum) deep inside the temple represents the sacred spot and is covered with red silken…

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Kamakhya Devi Old Print, British era (via Kamakhya Dasha Mahavidya Sadhana)

Maa Kamakhya Devi Temple, Guwahati, Assam.

Yonitantra (योनितन्त्र).—The Yoni Tantra is another work from the Kāmarūpa region (Assam) which highlights the worship of yoni (female genital organ) and the consumption of Yoni tattva. Containing …

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Dhari Devi is a temple on the banks of the Alaknanda River in the Garhwal Region of Uttarakhand state India. It houses the upper half of an idol of the goddess Dhari that according to local lore changes in appearance during the day from a girl to a woman and then to an old lady.[citation needed] The idol's lower half is located in Kalimath where mata is prayed in Kali roop This shrine is one of 108 shakti sthals in India as numbered by Srimad Devi Bhagwat. - http://ift.tt/1HQJd81

Memories of praying to the Goddess at Kamakhya Devi Temple