The Kamakhya Temple is located in ______.

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Question

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SSC MTS 2020 (Held On : 5 Oct 2021 Shift 1 ) Official Paper 1

Answer 1

The correct answer is Guwahati.

Key Points

The Kamakhya Temple is located in Guwahati.
- The Kamakhya Temple is a Hindu temple at Nilachal hills in Guwahati, Assam.
- Dedicated to the mother goddess Kamakhya,[3][4] it is one of the oldest and most revered centres of Tantric practices.
- The temple is the centre of the Kalachakra Tantra Marga and the site of the Ambubachi Mela, an annual festival that celebrates the menstruation of the goddess.
- Structurally, the temple is dated to the 8th-9th century with many subsequent rebuildings—and the final hybrid architecture defines a local style called Nilachal type.