Goddess Kamakhya

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Hindu goddess mother goddess

Goddess Kamakhya is a major Hindu mother goddess associated with fertility, desire, and feminine power, especially revered in the Shakta tradition of Assam.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Kamakhya 1
Kamakshi (in some traditions) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu goddess ⓘ
mother goddess ⓘ
associatedWith desire ⓘ
feminine power ⓘ
fertility ⓘ
menstruation ⓘ
occult rituals ⓘ
tantric practices ⓘ
yoni ⓘ
consideredFormOf Adi Shakti NERFINISHED ⓘ
Durga NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parvati NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tripura Sundari NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalRegion Northeast India NERFINISHED ⓘ
festival Ambubachi Mela NERFINISHED ⓘ
Durga Puja NERFINISHED ⓘ
Navaratri NERFINISHED ⓘ
iconographicFeature absence of anthropomorphic idol at main shrine ⓘ
languageOfMajorDevotion Assamese ⓘ
Sanskrit ⓘ
linkedMythologicallyTo Sati NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSanctumSymbol natural rock cleft representing yoni ⓘ
majorRegionOfWorship Assam NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorTemple Kamakhya Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorTempleLocation Nilachal Hill, Guwahati, Assam NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfPrimaryForms 10 ⓘ
primaryFormsInclude Bagalamukhi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bhairavi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bhuvaneshwari NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chinnamasta NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dhumavati NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kali NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kamala NERFINISHED ⓘ
Matangi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tara NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tripura Sundari NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
sacredSiteType Shakti Peetha NERFINISHED ⓘ
symbolizes cosmic motherhood ⓘ
creative energy ⓘ
sexual energy ⓘ
worshippedAs goddess of desire ⓘ
goddess of fertility ⓘ
goddess of power ⓘ
worshippers Shakta devotees ⓘ
Tantric practitioners ⓘ
worshipTradition Shaktism NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kamakhya Temple → dedicatedTo → Goddess Kamakhya ⓘ
Uchchhishta Ganapati → hasConsort → Goddess Kamakhya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kamakshi (in some traditions)
Kamakhya Temple → mainDeity → Goddess Kamakhya ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kamakhya