Malinithan - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Malinithan - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Malinithan is an archaeological site containing the ruins of an early medieval period temple on the northern bank of the Brahmaputra River in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. It is assumed to be built by the Chutia kings in the 13th-14th century.Sarma, P.C.A study of the temple architecture of Assam from the Gupta period to the end of the Ahom rule: Chutiya architecture, p. 205Choudhury, R.D, Heritage of Architecture of Assam, p.5Sengupta, Gautam, Archeology in Northeast India, p.359Thakur, A.K, Pre-historic Archeological Remains of Arunachal Pradesh and People's perception: An Overview, p.6 Kechai-Khaiti, a tribal goddess found among the Bodo-kachari groupsKechai Khati worshipped by Bodo-kacharisRabhas worship Kechai-khati and celebrate the Kechai-khati festival once every yearKechai-khati festival of RabhasThe Tiwas, as well as the Koch, also worshipped Kechai Kati. The Koch general Gohain Kamal built temples dedicated to Kesai Khati in Khaspur for the Dehans who were Tiwa and Mech soldiers from Gobha, Nellie and Kabi."There is at Sadiya a shrine of Kechai Khaiti the tutelar deity of the Kacharis, which the Dimasa rulers continued to worship even after the establishment of their rule in Cachar." "The most famous temple of the Chutiyas was that of Kechaikhati, their primodial female deity. or the Buddhist goddess Tara"In her fearsome self this deity bears so many resemblances to the fierce manifestation of Buddhist Tara that many scholars have suggested a Buddhist origin for her" is considered to be the chief deity worshipped in the ruined temple. The worship of the goddess Kechaikheiti even after coming under Hindu influence was performed according to her old tribal customs."(S)he [Kesai Khati] was incorporated into the Sanskritized cosmos of goddess tradition and as her tribal attributes were so strong to be denounced as non-Brahminical, her worship continued according to old customs." Read more on Wikipedia
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