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- The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is planning to construct a ropeway from the Kamakhya Railway Station to the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati.
Kamakhya Temple
- About:
- It is situated on the Nilachal Hill in western part of Guwahati city in Assam.
- It is one of the oldest of the 51 Shakti Peethas in India.
- The main temple is surrounded by individual temples dedicated to the ten Mahavidyas:
- Kali, Tara, Sodashi, Bhuvaneshwari, Bhairavi, Chhinnamasta, Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi, Matangi and Kamalatmika.
- It is a centrepiece of Tantrik Shaktism cult in India
- Being the centre for Tantra worship this temple attracts thousands of tantra devotees in an annual festival known as the Ambubachi Mela. Another annual celebration is the Manasha Puja.
- Temple Architecture:
- It had been modelled out of a combination of two different styles, namely, the traditional nagara or North Indian and saracenic or Mughal.
- Thus, being an unusual combination which came into its existence on this famous sakti shrine of India, it has been named as the Nilachala Style of Architecture.
- The reason behind development of this new type by transgression of the orthodox nagara tradition is stated in the Darang-raj vamsavali, a compilation of 17th century A.D.
Source:TH
