Temples' Landscape

The sacred land of the Devi Kamakhya is characterized by its beautiful landscape of hills, abundant flowing water sources, natural sacred ponds and lush vegetation. The mighty sacred river Brahmaputra flows by the northern slope. On Kamakhya Hill, the temple of Devi Kamakhya is surrounded by the temples of seven of the Dasa Mahavidyas, other Devis, Pancha Shivas, Mahakal Ganesha, Dwarpal Ganeshas, Vishnu, other deities, sacred ponds and numerous sacred sites.

Though popularly known simply as Kamakhya, the site is geologically a hill system comprising three segments: Brahma hill, Shiva hill and Varaha (Vishnu) hill. According to an estimate by the Archaeological Survey of India, there probably existed more than a hundred temples, peethas and sacred sites on the Kamakhya hill sometime in the past.