Photo Details
| Date Taken |
| Jun 23, 2015 |
| Date Uploaded |
| Jul 14, 2015 |
| Location |
| Guwahati, Assam, India |
| Camera |
| NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D3200 |
| Focal Length |
| 50 mm |
| Shutter Speed |
| 1/800 sec |
| Aperture |
| f/2.2 |
| ISO |
| 100 |
| Copyright |
| © Avhinav Singh |
| Categories |
| Culture, People, Travel |
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The Ambubachi Mela is an annual Hindu mela held at Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam. This yearly mela is celebrated during the monsoon season that happens to fall during the Assamese month Ahaar, around the middle of June, when the Brahmaputra river is in spate.It is the celebration of the yearly menstruation course of goddess Kamakhya. It is believed that the presiding goddess of the temple, Devi Kamakhya, the Mother Shakti, goes through her annual cycle of menstruation during this time stret