Ambubachi Mela Year Calendar, Ambubachi Mela Schedule

The Ambubachi Mela is an annual Hindu mela held at Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam. The Ambubachi is a ritual of asceses observed with “Tantrik means”. It is believed that the presiding goddess of the temple, Devi Kamakhya, the Mother Shakti, goes through her annual cycle of menstruation during this time stretch. It is the celebration of the yearly menstruation course of goddess Kamakhya.

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It is also believed that during the monsoon rains the creative and nurturing power of the 'menses' of Mother Earth becomes accessible to devotees at this site during the mela.