<h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong style="color: rgb(230, 0, 0);">Maa Kamakhya Corridor</strong></h1><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h3><strong>Context&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">Prime Minister Narendra Modi&nbsp;appreciated Assam’s “landmark”<strong> Maa Kamakhya initiative</strong> and hoped it would be like the <strong>Kashi Vishwanath Dham in Varanasi and Shree Mahakal Mahalok in Ujjain.</strong></li></ul><h3><strong>About&nbsp;</strong></h3><ul><li class="ql-indent-1">It is located Atop <strong>Nilachal Hills in Guwahati adjoining the southern bank of the Brahmaputra River,&nbsp;</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">The Kamakhya temple is one of the oldest and most revered centers of <strong>Tantric practices.&nbsp;</strong></li><li class="ql-indent-1">Among the 51 Shakti Peethas present on earth, Maa Kamakhya Devalaya is considered the oldest and the most sacred.</li><li class="ql-indent-1">It is believed that the ancient demon king, Narakasura had the temple built in honor of Goddess Kamakhya.</li><li class="ql-indent-1">The temple was <strong>rebuilt under the patronage of Naranarayan,</strong> <strong>the last ruler of the undivided Kamata kingdom</strong> that straddled present-day Assam, Bangladesh, and West Bengal.</li><li><strong>The Maa Kamakhya corridor is a proposed infrastructure project that aims to renovate and develop the pilgrimage site of Kamakhya Temple in Guwahati, Assam, India.</strong></li></ul><p class="ql-align-center"><br></p><h1 class="ql-align-center"><strong>PRELIMS NOTES:</strong><a href="https://www.sunyaias.com/subscription-details/prelims-2023-sunya-notes-current-affairs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 204);"><strong>CLICK HERE</strong></a></h1>