385:"The four chief Deoris thus had to make an annual visit to the Ahem court in order to demand and obtain the sanction of the king for their annual sacrifice of human beings. They were treated with much respect by the Ahom kings on that occasion. It is said that when any Hindu Gosain (the leaders of neo-Vaishnava order) appeared before the Ahom king, the latter remained seated, while the Gosain put the garland on his neck and gave blessing; but when the four chief Deoris made an annual visit to the court, the king rose and stood before them to receive their salutation." (
299:"In my observation in 2012, it was found that the Tamresvarl Temple located in Sadiya town at present is a recent construction of not more than fifty years old. The local people still consider the Goddess KecaikhatI as a daughter of the Old Ones called Bura-buri in Assamese or Girasi-gira in Deori language. They offer buffalo sacrifice to her at this new Tamresvai Temple every three years, and a Deori who comes from a specific family performs the sacrificial ritual." (
490:
260:"According to the eleventh-century Jvi,fikapura1J4 (51.76-7), Kamarupa is triangular in shape and also one hundred yojanas in length from the Karatoya to the Dikkara and thirty yojanas in breadth from the north to the south. It is black in colour and interspersed with innumerable hills and hundreds of rivers. Here, the dwelling place of Dikkaravasini is deemed as the eastern limit of Kamarupa." (
273:"(T)he Goddess Kamakhya is well-known for her close association with Narakasura or demon Naraka. As a son of the Earth and Vishnu in his Varaha incarnation, he had been the central figure in the fabricated genealogy of Kamarupa and the constant source of political authority of three ruling families, the Varmans, Mlecchas, and Palas, from the seventh to the twelfth century." (
247:"The shrine of Kecaikhatl has always been referred to as the Tamresvari Temple in later times because it was covered with a roof of beaten sheets of copper. The temple formerly stood at lat. 27° 56', long; 96° 21' near Paya in Arunachal Pradesh, about 8 km away from Tebangkhunti on the Sadiya-Teju route." (
135:
collected tithes and procured offerings for the temple, including sacrifices. They are understood to have magical powers, and commoners often approached them for services. During the Ahom reign, all four offices had to approach the Ahom king to seek permission to perform the human sacrifice. The
191:
Kecaikhati is noted to be a daughter of Bura-Buri and the younger sister of
Pisadema. According to tradition, human sacrifices were first offered by Kecaikhati to Bura-Buri for introducing sin in this world—and over time, these sacrifices were offered to her instead. On account of her flesh-eating
325:"In the case of Tamresvari Temple, the goddess was served by the Deoris, the representatives of the priestly class among the Chutiyas. They were permitted to continue their religious service to her including human sacrifice even after their subjugation by the Ahoms in 1523." (
351:"Among them a great deal of importance is given to the Chutiyas in connection with worship of the Goddess Kecaikhati, mentioned as Digaravasini (i.e. Dikkaravasini) in their inscriptions and later known as Tamresvari." (
286:"These references lead one to assume that the sacrificial ritual for Dikkaravasini in the form of Tikhnakanta was presided over by non-Brahmanical priests such as the Deoris among the Chutiyas in later times." (
234:"One of the most famous goddesses worshiped in the north-east and one of the first to receive attention from British colonial officer-scholars in the 1800s, is the Goddess Kecaikhati, eater of raw flesh..." (
312:"The Deoris offered human sacrifices to the goddess on certain special occasions including their annual performance, and also to avert special calamities such as cholera, small pox, and drought." (
203:
In medieval period, her worship was related to power, warfare and royalty. Under Hindu influence she has come to be known by different names: Tamreswari in
511:
58:
and the historical
Kamarupa kings, Kecaikhati continued to remain outside the ambit of Brahminical influence and remained under the control of
372:
the tutelary deity of the
Kacharis, which the Dimasa rulers continued to worship even after the establishment of their rule in Cachar." (
81:(1780–1795) or Gaurinath Singha banned the practice. Kecaikhati was the tutelary goddess of both the Chutia kingdom as well as the
131:
entered the temple and offered worship using incantations which the common people did not understand. The two
398:"Her temple was somewhere around Chunpura on the Brahmaputra. She was worshipped by the Borgaya khel." (
545:
550:
540:
500:
455:
Bhattacharjee, J. B. (1992), "The
Kachari (Dimasa) state formation", in Barpujari, H. K. (ed.),
145:
8:
474:
466:
Kecaikhaiti, Eater of Raw Flesh: A Profile of the
Multifaceted Goddess in the North-East
197:
154:
31:
27:
507:
70:
51:
23:
82:
63:
69:
Known as a particularly bloodthirsty goddess, Kecaikhati continued to receive
534:
216:
212:
78:
39:
136:
Kecaikhati temple, originally situated near
Chunpura, was maintained by the
165:
104:
94:
74:
59:
54:, which acquired Brahmin priests and became associated with the legendary
178:
55:
476:
Phi Muangs. Forces of the Place among the Khamti in
Arunachal Pradesh
193:
143:
The Deoris were the priests of two additional temples: the temple of
159:
85:. and the Ahom kingdom accorded the Deori priests special respect.
47:
43:
459:, vol. 2, Guwahati: Assam Publication Board, pp. 391–397
208:
73:
during an annual festival and at calamitous times well after the
489:
365:
204:
77:
took over the Chutia kingdom in 1523 till the Ahom king
514:
to it so that it can be listed with similar articles.
107:. Functionally, they are divided into four offices
22:("eater of raw flesh") is a prominent goddess from
532:
164:with the original temple on the Kundil river or
454:
373:
183:with the original temple at Tengapani river.
99:The tribal priests of Kecaikhati are called
219:, she might be known as Nang Hoo Toungh.
42:whose temple formed the eastern limit of
192:nature she is also called Pisashi after
176:in Assamese) that was maintained by the
103:, who today form a community called the
468:, Manohar Publishers & Distributors
196:, the flesh-eating demons of Hindu and
533:
186:
472:
438:
26:. Her shrine is considered to be the
483:
463:
425:
412:
399:
386:
352:
339:
326:
313:
300:
287:
274:
261:
248:
235:
66:and after up to the present time.
13:
499:needs additional or more specific
457:The Comprehensive History of Assam
14:
562:
488:
431:
418:
405:
392:
379:
358:
345:
62:priests during the time of the
332:
319:
306:
293:
280:
267:
254:
241:
228:
207:by the Chutias, Ranachandi in
157:), that was maintained by the
1:
447:
88:
34:; and she is referred to as
7:
10:
567:
92:
222:
473:Laine, Nicolas (2019),
464:Shin, Jae-Eun (2023),
168:; and the temple of
187:Origins and legends
38:in the 9th century
374:Bhattacharjee 1992
198:Buddhist mythology
546:Religious rituals
529:
528:
512:adding categories
155:Assamese language
32:Arunachal Pradesh
28:Tamreswari Temple
558:
551:Indian mythology
524:
521:
515:
492:
484:
479:
469:
460:
442:
435:
429:
422:
416:
409:
403:
396:
390:
383:
377:
362:
356:
349:
343:
336:
330:
323:
317:
310:
304:
297:
291:
284:
278:
271:
265:
258:
252:
245:
239:
232:
71:human sacrifices
566:
565:
561:
560:
559:
557:
556:
555:
541:Hindu goddesses
531:
530:
525:
519:
516:
505:
493:
482:
450:
445:
436:
432:
423:
419:
410:
406:
397:
393:
384:
380:
363:
359:
350:
346:
337:
333:
324:
320:
311:
307:
298:
294:
285:
281:
272:
268:
259:
255:
246:
242:
233:
229:
225:
189:
172:(Elder Son, or
97:
91:
52:Kamakhya Temple
30:, near Paya in
24:Northeast India
17:
12:
11:
5:
564:
554:
553:
548:
543:
527:
526:
496:
494:
487:
481:
480:
470:
461:
451:
449:
446:
444:
443:
430:
417:
404:
391:
378:
357:
344:
331:
318:
305:
292:
279:
266:
253:
240:
226:
224:
221:
188:
185:
149:(Old Ones, or
93:Main article:
90:
87:
83:Dimasa kingdom
64:Chutia kingdom
16:Indian goddess
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
563:
552:
549:
547:
544:
542:
539:
538:
536:
523:
513:
509:
503:
502:
497:This article
495:
491:
486:
485:
478:
477:
471:
467:
462:
458:
453:
452:
440:
434:
427:
421:
414:
408:
401:
395:
388:
382:
375:
371:
370:Kechai Khaiti
367:
364:"There is at
361:
354:
348:
341:
335:
328:
322:
315:
309:
302:
296:
289:
283:
276:
270:
263:
257:
250:
244:
237:
231:
227:
220:
218:
214:
210:
206:
201:
199:
195:
184:
182:
180:
175:
174:Boliya-hemata
171:
167:
163:
161:
156:
152:
148:
147:
141:
139:
138:Borgaya Deori
134:
130:
126:
122:
118:
114:
110:
106:
102:
96:
86:
84:
80:
79:Suhitpangphaa
76:
72:
67:
65:
61:
57:
53:
49:
46:. But unlike
45:
41:
40:Kalika Purana
37:
36:Dikkaravasini
33:
29:
25:
21:
517:
498:
475:
465:
456:
433:
420:
407:
394:
381:
369:
368:a shrine of
360:
347:
334:
321:
308:
295:
282:
269:
256:
243:
230:
202:
190:
177:
173:
169:
166:Dibang river
158:
150:
144:
142:
137:
132:
128:
124:
123:. Only the
121:Saru Bharali
120:
116:
112:
108:
105:Deori people
100:
98:
95:Deori people
68:
35:
19:
18:
217:Tai Khamtis
179:Tengapaniya
151:Burha-Burhi
146:Gira-Girasi
117:Bor Bharali
535:Categories
501:categories
448:References
439:Laine 2019
129:Saru Deori
113:Saru Deori
89:Priesthood
56:Narakasura
20:Kecaikhati
520:June 2024
426:Shin 2023
413:Shin 2023
400:Shin 2023
387:Shin 2023
353:Shin 2023
340:Shin 2023
327:Shin 2023
314:Shin 2023
301:Shin 2023
288:Shin 2023
275:Shin 2023
262:Shin 2023
249:Shin 2023
236:Shin 2023
215:. To the
194:Pishachas
125:Bor Deori
109:Bor Deori
508:help out
170:Pisadema
160:Dobongia
133:Bharalis
127:and the
48:Kamakhya
44:Kamarupa
506:Please
441::17-18)
342::74–75)
213:Dimasas
211:by the
209:Maibong
366:Sadiya
205:Sadiya
140:clan.
376::393)
223:Notes
181:Deori
162:Deori
101:Deori
75:Ahoms
60:Deori
428::71)
415::71)
402::71)
389::72)
355::66)
329::70)
316::72)
303::78)
290::65)
277::69)
264::62)
251::61)
238::61)
119:and
50:and
510:by
153:in
537::
200:.
115:,
111:,
522:)
518:(
504:.
437:(
424:(
411:(
338:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.