Kamrup Madan Kamdev Temple, Assam

Address

Kamrup Madan Kamdev Temple, Baihata, Katanipara, Assam 781121

Diety

Kamdev, Shiva, Vishnu

Introduction

Berely 40 Kms away from Guwahati, the gateway of North-East and 3 Kms from Baihata Chariali on National Highway. Scattered all around the Dewangiri hillock with an idyllic back drop of green hills and goddesses, walls, pillars, lintels and door frams decorated with flowers, animals, Kalpa-vriksha (the tree of fulfillment), six sided Bhairava, four headed Shiva, Demons, Serpants and men, women and animals, all in ruins-ruin of gigantic proportion – that is Madan Kamdev. Statues of Bhairav with six heads, a four-headed Shiva, Kalpavriksha, Sun various Apsara, Vishnu with six heads, Saraswati and various other statues of animals have been identified as being from here

Puranic Significance

Madan-Kamdev is the main temple, with ruins of other huge and small temples scattered around it. Representatives of the Architectural Directorate believe that excavation may reveal an additional twelve temples.. legends says that God Shiva in a spurt of fury had burnt the god of love, Kam or Madan, to cinders. Madan was reborn at this place. Madan Kamdev is an archaeological site in Baihata Chariali, Kamrup, Assam. This place dates back to the 9th and 10th century AD. Excavation and ruins here shows the prosperity and might of Pala dynasty of Kamarupa.