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Dakshineswar Kali Temple or Dakshineswar Kalibari is a Hindu navaratna temple in Dakshineswar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Situated on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River , the presiding deity of the temple is Bhavatarini (Kali), a form of Mahadevi or Parashakti Adya Kali, otherwise known as Adishakti Kalika. [ 1 ]
The main temple is of NABARATNA (with 9 spires) style. It houses a KALI idol standing on the chest of a lying SHIVA. The two idols are placed on a thousand-petaled lotus made of silver. Besides the main temple, there are 12 smaller SHIVA temples & a Temple dedicated to LAXMI-NARAYANA.
Rani Rashmoni on a 1994 stamp of India Shrine dedicated to Rani Rashmoni within the precincts of Dakshineswar Kali Temple. Rani Rashmoni has also been subject of a biographical film in Bengali language, titled Rani Rasmani (film) (1955), directed by Kaliprasad Ghosh, and wherein lead played by famous theatre personality and actress Molina Devi.
Vivekananda's prayer to Kali at Dakshineswar is an event which occurred in September 1884 when Swami Vivekananda (then known as Narendranath Dutta), following the suggestion of Ramakrishna, went to the Kali temple of Dakshineswar with the intention to pray for financial welfare, but ultimately prayed for pure knowledge, devotion and renunciation.
Dakshineswar Nath Mahadev Mandir is a historical and an ancient Hindu temple in the Mithila region of the Indian state of Bihar, in Madhubani district at Uttra village in Madhwapur block. It is believed that the ancient Vedic King Daksha Prajapati in Satya Yuga came here to worship the god. This temple is also known as Daksheshwar Nath Mahadev ...
Dakshineswar is the elevated northern terminal metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The metro station adjoins the platforms of the Dakshineswar railway station where connections can be made with Indian Railways services. [ 1 ]
The temple is constructed according to the ath-chala style of Bengal temple architecture. The roofs of the temple are gabled roofs, known as the chala in Bengali, emulating the thatched roofed huts made of mud and twigs in rural Bengal. The main temple is a four-sided building that features a truncated dome. The two roofs bear a total of eight ...
The famous Dakshineswar Kali Temple is situated on the banks of the Hooghly River near the bridge. [3] The bridge is one of the four bridges linking both sides of Kolkata city. A new road bridge, the Nivedita Setu, was constructed 50 m (160 ft) downstream in 2007 due to weakening of the Vivekanada Setu caused by its ageing. [3] [4]