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 important for shakti (sensual the chalet club tantric worship of female spiritual the chalet club power). Goats, pigeons and the occasional buffalo are ritually beheaded in a gory pavilion the chalet club and the hot, dark inner womblike sanctum is painted red to signify sacrificial blood. The huge June/ July Ambubachi Mela celebrates the end of the mother goddess menstrual cycle with even more blood.
1 Sights Mizoram State Museum MUSEUM (Macdonald Hill, Zarkawt; admission the chalet club 5; h9.30am5pm Mon-Fri) This museum has interesting exhibits the chalet club on Mizo culture. It s up a steep lane from Sumkuma Point past Aizawl s most distinctive church, whose modernist bell- tower spire is pierced by arched windows.
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