The Kamakhya Temple is a Shakti Peeth temple situated on the Nilachal hills in Guwahati. Its current temple structure was constructed in the year 1565, its in a form of a beehive. It is an ancient Khasi sacrificial site, and worshiping here still includes sacrifices. Devotees still come here to sacrifice goats, pigeons and buffaloes to the goddess. A beautiful temple which leads to a man made cave where the goddess and a few other gods are worshiped everyday. Its a very long wait where the devotees have to wait in long queues. The longest queue doesn't require any tickets, but it takes the longest time, then there are tickets priced at Rs 100, 200 and 500. It was about 3 hours for us to come out seeing the insides of the cave and the goddess...was a good experience. Mom didn't go because she feels claustrophobic in such caves, and she had visited this temple before as a child when she went in and felt sick. So Dad and me went in for the offerings though we didn't sacrifice any goats or pigeons, but just a coconut :)
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