| Temples & Legends of Assam |
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TEMPLES IN KAMRUP DISTRICT |
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reasons, Assam in the medieval period became a fertile soil for the Tantric worship.Of the
four pithas or sacred places, namely Kamakhya,Srihatta, Purnagiri and Uddiyana’
associated with Buddhist Tantric worship and mentioned in Sadhanamala, two namely,
Kamakhya and Srihatta belonged to Assam. The temple of Kamakhya in Gauhati was, and still
is considered to be, the most sacred of the Saktipithas in India. It is a place of the
Mother Goddess, Kamakhya, and seems to have been the scene of tribal worship. The Garos with their matriarchal form of society are generally
mentioned as having been the guardians of this religious centre prior to its reclamation
by the Hindus under the care of King Virasimha.
12. Gait: A History of Assam; p. 58. |
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