{"id":1179,"date":"2020-04-23T16:37:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T11:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerising.in\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2020-04-23T16:38:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T11:08:04","slug":"no-ambubachi-mela-at-kamakhya-temple-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northeastrising.in\/test\/no-ambubachi-mela-at-kamakhya-temple-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"No Ambubachi Mela at Kamakhya Temple this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>No Ambubachi Mela at Kamakhya Temple this year due to COVID-19 outbreak:<\/h1>\n<p>Guwahati, April 23: For the first time in its history, the Ambubachi Mela at the historical Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati has been called off this year due to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was taken in a meeting of the temple management authority.<\/p>\n<p>The Kamakhya Temple management authority said that, however the customary rituals will be continued.<\/p>\n<p>Kamakhya Temple located atop of Nilachal Hills is one of 51 Shaktipeeths in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The Ambubachi Mela is an annual Hindu Mela (fair) held at Kamakhya Temple and it is the celebration of the yearly menstruation course of goddess Maa Kamakhya.<\/p>\n<p>Kabindra Prasad Sarma \u2013 a senior temple priest said that, due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nerising.in\/fresh-covid-19-positive-case-in-assam\/\">COVID-19<\/a> pandemic, the temple management authority has decided not to hold this year Ambubachi Mela, but the customary rituals will be performed in-house by maintaining social distancing norms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLakh of devotees, pilgrims have taken part in the Ambubachi Mela every year. In the wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the temple management authority has decided not to this year Ambubachi Mela with the pilgrims. The priests of the temple will perform rituals in-house during the festival period,\u201d Kabindra Prasad Sarma said.<\/p>\n<p>As a precautionary measure to check the spread of the deadly novel Coronavirus (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/intl\/en_in\/covid19\/\">COVID-19<\/a>), the Kamakhya temple management authority had shut doors of the temple for devotees from March 20.<\/p>\n<p>The Ambubachi Mela started from June 22 every year at Kamakhya Temple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No Ambubachi Mela at Kamakhya Temple this year due to COVID-19 outbreak: Guwahati, April 23: For the first time in its history, the Ambubachi Mela at the historical Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati has been called off this year due to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. 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