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Ambubachi Mela

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Ambubachi Mela
Photo: Kunal Dalui, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

An annual fair at the Kamakhya temple in Guwahati during the monsoon, when the temple stays closed for three days and reopens to large crowds of pilgrims.

FestivalNorth-Eastern India
Key facts
WhereKamakhya temple, Guwahati (Assam)
WhenJune (Ashadha)

What people do

  1. The temple closes for three days.
  2. Pilgrims and sadhus gather for darshan when it reopens.

Significance

Worship of the Goddess and the fertility of the earth.