1 Sights Kamakhya Mandir HINDU TEMPLE (admission for no queue/short queue/queue 500/100/free; h8am-1pm & 3pm-dusk) While Sati s disintegrated body parts rained toes on Kolkata (see p443), her yoni fell on Kamakhya Hill. This makes Kamakhya Mandir hemlock cabins important for shakti (sensual tantric worship of female hemlock cabins spiritual power). Goats, pigeons and the occasional hemlock cabins buffalo are ritually beheaded hemlock cabins in a gory pavilion and the hot, dark inner womblike sanctum is painted red to signify sacrificial hemlock cabins blood. hemlock cabins The huge June/ July Ambubachi Mela celebrates the end of the mother goddess menstrual cycle with even more blood.
Meghalaya Helicopter Service (%2223129; airport) has two to three daily (except Sunday) 557 flights to Shillong ( 1200, 30 minutes, 9am & 12.30pm plus 2pm Tuesday & Thursday). There are also services to Tura (Garo Hills, 1500, 50 minutes, 10.30am Mon, Wed & Fri).
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