| Temples & Legends of Assam |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
TEMPLES IN KAMRUP DISTRICT |
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earlier how his curses led to the downfall of the Naraka dynasty and decline in importance
of the goddess Kamakhya. There is also a legend that connects Vasistha with the origin of
the Ahom kings. The story goes that Vasistha used to do his sandhya in a stream near about his hermitage. One day, God Indra with his queen Saci and other heavenly women came down from heaven and began carry- ing sports with them in the same stream. As a result of this amorous sports the water of the stream became impure, At this the sage grew wroth and cursed Indra saying that he would have sexual inter- course with a daitya woman. Indra was at once transformed and had sexual commerce with a woman. He, however, granted a boon to that woman saying that the son in her womb would become a king. He was the progenitor of the Ahom dynasty. This story has been differently repeated in different chronicles.'25 25. The Mother Goddess Kamakhya, p. 33. |
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