| Temples & Legends of Assam |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
TEMPLES IN KAMRUP DISTRICT |
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noteworthy that of these seven pithas, no less than three are in Kamarupa. The Yogini
Tantra says that different pithas were considered especially sacred in different Yugas and
Kamarupa burst in to prominence in the Kali Age: Uddiyanauya devesi pradurbhavah kritayuge Purnasailasya Sambhutistretayuga mukhebhavat Dvapare Jalasailasya Kainakhya sa Kalau Yuge Ghorasya Kalipapasya Vinsaya mahesvari. The fact that the Puranas and the Tantras have given much prominence to Kamarupa pitha alone suggests that Kamarupa became unrivalled centre of Tantric worship by absorbing the popularity of their Yoni-tirthas of ancient India at a fairly early date."15 By the time of the compilation of these texts pilgrimage had grown all over the province from Karatoya to Brahmakunda. These sacred places are very ingenuously described by the author of the Kalika Purana in alluding to the visit of Betala and Bhairava in Kamarupa. Every river, spring or hill was considered to be holy and seat of gods and goddesses. 15. D. C. Sircar, The Saktapithas, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, Letters, Volume XIV, No. 1, 1948, P. 15. |
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