Overview

• The four-day Ambubachi Mela began on June 22 at Kamakhya Temple with the sanctum closed until June 26 to mark Goddess Kamakhya’s annual menstrual cycle.
• Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the Mahayog at Pandu Port and welcomed devotees from across India and abroad.
• Authorities have set up barricades, traffic controls, sanitation and medical services along with roughly 20,000 temporary camps to manage the pilgrimage.
• Ritual observances include draping the yoni mandala in a 300-metre red silk Angavastra and a statewide prohibition on agricultural activity during the festival.
• At 3:19 AM on June 26 non-Brahmin temple keepers will perform ritual cleansing with pancagavya and water to conclude ‘Prabritti’ and reopen the sanctum for darshan and prasad distribution.