The Kamakhya Temple is located in ______.

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  1. Agartala
  2. Guwahati
  3. Kohima
  4. Imphal

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Option 2 : Guwahati
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The correct answer is Guwahati.

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  • 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.

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