A real story of a place where water of a river turn red during a mensuration of goddess durga
Kamakhya temple is one of the oldest Shakti peetha in India. It is situated on the Nilachal hill in Guwahati,Assam.The story behind Kamakhya temple is quite interesting. It's about Hindu God Shiva and Sati.
Once Sati fraught with Shiva to attend her father's great Yagna,where they both were not invited purposefully. Sati went alone to the Yagna. There she was insulted by her father and also he spoke ill about Shiva. Unable to bear the insult Sati jumped in to the sacrificial fire of the Yagna. Shiva got to know about the incident,he couldn't control his anger. Carrying his wife's burnt corpse he went on a rampage with his dance of destruction. Which we all know as Tandav. All God and Goddess were in fear. They all went to Vishnu to get any help. Then Vishnu sent his Chakra and cut burnt body of Sati,in order to calm Shiva.
It's believed that Sati's body parts fell in 108 different places across India. Today they are known as Shakti peetha.
The place where her womb and va*ina fell,is what today's Kamakhya temple.
The Ambubachi Mela is an annual mela celebrated during assamese month Ahaar. It is the celebration of the yearly menstruation course of goddess Kamakhya. It is believed that during that time the water of Brahmaputra near the temple turns red. There is no idol of the deity inside the temple. But she is worshipped in the form of a YONI like stone instead over which a natural spring flows.
This is the story which I have heard from childhood. Apart from this, it's a very beautiful and peaceful place to visit.
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The Ambubachi Mela is an annual mela celebrated during assamese month Ahaar. It is the celebration of the yearly menstruation course of goddess Kamakhya. It is believed that during that time the water of Brahmaputra near the temple turns red.
menopause can never happen to that goddess?
When I was in my early teens, I wanted to attend a Kumbha Mela but didn't get the chance. So many places in India and I hope to step foot there one day. Would love to visit the famous Venkatesh temple in Tirupati.
By the way, is Tandav the same as Nataraja? My daughter learnt bharatanatyam when she was 5 and had her salangai pooja when she was 8. I remember her dance teacher prayed and gave her obeisances to Nataraja.
Also, the practice of the funeral custom Sati was truly horrifying and to be honest, thanks to the British for banning and putting an end to it.
As far as your question concern what i know about Nataraja as the name suggests is the “diety of natya”. He is a wonderful actor. He is usually remarked for the creation of his unique style of taking baratanatyam to heights i.e. the tandavam(there r many types of tandavam & they are named acc. to his moods. for example:the ananda tandavam). He is also considered as the creator of ‘nritta’ in dance & his wife parvati is creditted to have taught the world ‘lasya’. Well,it would be tough for one to completely bring out his performance through words infront of one’s eyes.Yet, here is a small try describing his worldwide known posture depicted in sculptures and paintings.
On the flower of lotus keeping his one leg over the back of apasmara lord Nataraja dances with his clothes spread& with fire surrounded spherically around him. With his fierce completely strangled hair left out of the jate taking the shape of peacock’s feathers he bears a timid smile on his three-eyed face.The two eyes shine like that of the sun &the moon & the third eye gleams with the golden flames of fire.The crocodile earrings on the right & a spherical simple earring on the left dance in his ears to his beats. The snake tied to his neck moves its head to remark its presence. The clothe tied around his waist flies in the air around. He dances with fire in his left hand while, damaru in his right hand which are at his back. In the front, the left hand shows his lifted leg with lata hasta & in the right hand he wears the abaya mudra. With his neat posture he tells to the world how he would be dancing inside the heart of those who worship him.
If you see the history of india then you will find muslim invaders rules over almost 1000 years they use to rape hindu women and kill their husband so mostely hindu womens have no options they are helpless in order to save them from cruel muslims invaders thats why they adopted sati pratha..
If you see the history of india then you will find muslim invaders rules over almost 1000 years they use to rape hindu women and kill their husband so mostely hindu womens have no options they are helpless in order to save them from cruel muslims invaders thats why they adopted sati pratha..
This is off topic but I am intrigued by the persistent theory that Taj Mahal was a Hindu temple. Also, it has been claimed that it is a Shiva lingam that is inside the Kaaba in Mecca. There are 7 Shiva lingams that were created by Lord Shiva when he liberated himself. 6 were already been found and where is the 7th one?