Verified Site TraditionEditorial Framework #1 of 51Adi Shakti Peetha (Kalika Purana tradition)

Kamakhya (Kamarupa)

कामाख्या (कामरूप) · Kamakhya Temple (Assam, India)

Editorial & Scholarly Protocol: AnantaMarg uses a 51-site Pithanirnaya-based framework for this catalogue. Other Shakta traditions preserve different enumerations and identifications.

Spiritual Significance

The pre-eminent seat of Tantric Shakta tradition where the goddess is venerated as a natural perennial water-spring cleft in stone, celebrated for the annual Ambubachi Mela.

Sacred Triad & Field-Level Provenance

Pithanirnaya Recension

Shakti (Devi)Primary

Kamakhya

कामाख्या

Basis: Pithanirnaya, v. 1; Kalika Purana, ch. 64

Sources: pithanirnaya, kalika-purana

Documented Variants:

Mahamaya (महामाया)

Yogini Tantra

BhairavaPrimary

Umananda

उमानंद

Basis: Pithanirnaya, v. 1

Sources: pithanirnaya

Documented Variants:

Kameshwar (कामेश्वर)

Kalika Purana

Relic / Body PartPrimary

Yoni (Womb / Creative Source)

योनि

Basis: Pithanirnaya, v. 1; Kalika Purana, ch. 18 & 64

Sources: pithanirnaya, kalika-purana

Modern Location & Geographic Coordinates

26.1663° N, 91.7058° E

Identified Site

Kamakhya Temple

Nilachal Hill

State/Province & Country

Kamrup Metropolitan, Assam (India)

Access Guidance: 8 km from Guwahati Railway Station; accessible by road up Nilachal Hill.

Traditional History & Temple Lore

According to the Kalika Purana and Pithanirnaya, the yoni of Sati fell upon Nilachal Hill. Here, the creative energy of the universe is worshipped directly without an anthropomorphic idol.

Associated Temple Landmark

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Documentary Sources & Provenance Hierarchy

Tier 1 — Scriptural Texts (प्रामाणिक धार्मिक ग्रंथ)

Pithanirnaya (Mahapithanirupana) (Verse 1) [D.C. Sircar (1948)]
Kalika Purana (Chapters 18 & 64) [Varanasi Sanskrit Sansthan]

Tier 2 & 3 — Institutional, Archaeological & Scholarly Sources

Kamakhya Devalaya Management Board (official temple)
Archaeological Survey of India, Guwahati Circle (archaeological)

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