The famed Ambubachi Mela at Kamakhya temple in Guwahati is set to begin, with the administration expecting around eight lakh devotees over the next four days. The temple doors will close on Monday night for the 'prabritti' period, symbolising the annual menstrual cycle of Goddess Kamakhya, and reopen on June 26.
Gambhir, who has been on a temple run since becoming India's Head Coach in 2024, also visited Ujjain's Mahakaleshwar Temple on January 16.
Ahead of India's Test and T20I series against Bangladesh, Head Coach Gautam Gambhir made a pilgrimage to the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati.
The Kamakhya temple, located at a distance of 7 km from Guwahati, is one of the biggest Shakti shrines in the country. It is situated on the Nilachal hills.
Around 50 dissident Maharashtra MLAs from Shiv Sena and Independent MLAs, led by Eknath Shinde, on Wednesday left the Radisson Blu hotel in Guwahati where they had been kept for the last few days under massive security, and prayed at Kamakhya temple.
A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and CT Ravikumar was hearing a matter relating to the maintenance of the temple.
Giving the chilling details of the incident, Guwahati Police Commissioner Diganta Bora said the beheaded body of a 64-year-old woman was found covered with a blanket on the staircase of the Joy Durga Mandir in the precincts of the Kamakhya Temple on June 19, 2019 hours after she was killed.
An alert has been sounded by the Assam police after receiving intelligence inputs about the sinister design being hatched by a fundamentalist outfit to strike terror in the famous Shakti Shrine Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, a must visit site for any religious Hindu.
Security has been increased in and around the ancient Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati in view of the Al-Qaeda threatening to spread its network to Assam.
The ancient 'shakti sthal' called Kamakhya Temple atop Nilachal Hills overlooking the magnificent Brahmaputra River in Guwahati is gearing up for the annual Ambubachi festival that will begin from next Friday.
Seventy-two closed circuit cameras, over 300 volunteers of the National Cadet Corps and Scouts and Guides in addition to police and paramilitary personnel speaks volumes about the elaborate security arrangements that have been put in place in and around the temple -- seat of the Shakti cult -- for the safety of lakhs of devotees and pilgrims.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday offered prayers to Goddess Ma Kamakhya Devi at her historic temple atop Nilachal Hill in Guwahati before resuming his poll campaign in Assam.
Draped in red and saffron robes, flaunting long untidy hair, beard and some long nails too, these tantriks (magicians) are standing out among the teeming devotees.
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Even as the rest of India are heading towards Ayodhya, Tamannaah Bhatia has another temple in her sights.
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams has acquired a 10 acre plot in Assam, paving the way for construction of the first Sri Venkateswara temple in North East India.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that Sonia Gandhi had asked him to decide on his swearing-in date as CM in 2014, but the situation changed after Rahul Gandhi intervened. Sarma, who later joined the BJP, believes the events led him to a better position to serve Assam and Sanatan dharma.
Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani worshipped at the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati on Tuesday, February 25, 2025.
Rakul Singh and Jackky Bhagnani sought blessings at the Kamakhya temple in Assam.
'Never before has the Congress been part of a rainbow coalition, and the response from the people has been overwhelming.' 'Assam's diversity cannot be represented by a single voice -- it requires a collective effort, and that is what we are building.'
Dissident Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde on Wednesday stepped out of Radisson Blu hotel in Guwahati, where he and other rebel Maharashtra MLAs have been camping since June 22, and visited Kamakhya temple to seek blessings.
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Raja Raghuvanshi, the Indore resident killed while honeymooning in Meghalaya, was told by his wife Sonam that she would let him consummate the marriage only after making an offering at the Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, investigators said on Wednesday.
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Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk embarked on a jungle safari at Kaziranga National Park in Assam on Sunday.
Victim's brother said he never thought Sonam Raghuvanshi was capable of murdering Raja.
Shinde will spend the night at Radisson Blu hotel, the same hotel where the then rebel MLAs had stayed in June.
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The annual Deodhani dance festival that dates back centuries is held for three days every year where 'Deodhas' (temple dancers) dance like men possessed by a spirit. K Anurag reports.
After offering prayers at the Kamakhya temple, Gogoi was slated to visit other religious places in Guwahati including churches and masjids to seek divine blessings. If his party wins these elections, it will be three in a row for them. Gogoi claimed before the media that the Congress was sure to win for the third time in a row and will form the next government in the state
Several states declared a holiday for schools, while government offices, other establishments and public sector banks remained closed for half a day.
The brother of Sonam Raghuvanshi, who is among the five arrested for the murder of her Indore-based husband Raja Raghuvanshi, on Wednesday came out in support of the victim's family and vowed to fight a legal battle to get justice for them.
Clearing the air around the distribution of portfolio with the Bharatiya Janata Party, Shiv Sena MLA Eknath Shinde on Thursday said that there has been no discussion with the latter, however, adding that the talks will happen soon.
He (Thackeray) tried to convince us, rebel Shiv Sena MLAs, Bharat Gogawale said.
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