Wonderland: The Image of Kāmarūpa in the Kālikāpurāṇa

In the Kālikāpurāṇa, mountainous region of Kāmarūpa (roughly present Assam) is described as a ‘Wonderland’ where Hindu gods and goddesses are in form mountains, wells, stones rivers, people become immortal reach divine status. Death had no access there. The text, however, reports that after some time, all sacred places this been completely washed away by flood Brahmaputra river. disappeared. Wonderland became an ordinary land again, live die. way Purāṇa betrays hand Brāhmin who accepted ‘correct’ Tantrism to extent but preferred Vaiṣṇava standards. relevant passages translated anew briefly discussed. text itself given floor.