Kamakhya (Assamese: কামাখ্যা দেৱী, Bengali: কামাখ্যা দেবী) is an important Hindu Tantric goddess of desire that evolved in the Himalayan hills. She is also identified as Kali and Maha Tripura Sundari. According to the Tantric texts (Kalika Purana, Yogini Tantra) that are the basis for her worship at the Kamakhya temple, a 16th-century temple in the Kamrup district of Assam. The earlier manifest of the goddess sanctified at the Garo hills is destroyed, although the Vatsayana priests are said to have carried away the manifest of the goddess to the Hindu kingdom in Kashmir and later sanctified in a remote hill forest in Himachal. Her name means "renowned goddess of desire," and she resides at the presently rebuilt Kamakhya Temple in 1645 C. The temple is primary amongst the 51 Shakti Peethas related to the cult of Sati, and remains one of the most important Shakta temples and Hindu pilgrimage sites in the world.
Kamakhya (Assamese: কামাখ্যা) is a Locality in Guwahati which is 20 km from the Guwahati Airport and about 6 km from Guwahati Railway Station, it also has own railway junction called Kamakhya Junction. Locality is known for presence of ancient Kamakhya Temple in Nilachal pahar or hill. Ambubachi Mela helds here annually which attracts pilgrimage from other parts of country as well as from aboard. In February 2012, area come in limelight due to discovery of rock cut caves built during the reign of Kamarupa king Mahendra Varman.
Coordinates: 26°10′N 91°42′E / 26.167°N 91.700°E / 26.167; 91.700
Kamakhya may refer to:
All i need is somebody to touch me and hold me again
wanna feel like i did when i lay in your arms, oh yeah
i say you left me alone and i just cannot take it, i hate
all i need is somebody to hold me...
Somebody, somebody to touch me and hold me,
somebody, somebody to love me and kiss me.
All i need is devotion and one strong emotion again
gonna find me a friend and he'll help me to mend, oh yeah
i say i'm missing your love and i just can't deny it, i
tried it
all i need is somebody to hold me...
Somebody, somebody to touch me and hold me,
somebody, somebody to love me and kiss me.
Somebody, somebody to heed me and need me,