Kamakhya
Nilachal Hill, Guwahati, Assam · dedicated to Kamakhya (Shakti)The great Shakti Peetha on Nilachal Hill, seat of the goddess Kamakhya and a living centre of Kaula Tantra.
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- Kamakhya: The Temple of the Goddess Temples
It is worshipped as Kamakhya , "she who is called Desire," a name tied to kama , desire or love.
- The Garland: Why the Ten Are One Treatise
…li is Ma in countless homes and Tara reigns at Tarapith; in Assam, at Kamakhya on the Nilachala hill, where the ring of ten shrines surrounds the central seat of the Goddess; in Mithila in north Bihar; in Nepal…
- The Shatkarma: The Six Acts of Tantric Magic Lineages
Kamakhya, the ancient Shakta temple above the Brahmaputra in Assam, is one of the oldest and most serious centres of the left-hand tantra in India, a seat of genuine and demanding practice.