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The Dakshineswar Kali Temple was founded around the middle of the 19th century by Rani Rashmoni. [9] Rani Rashmoni was a Mahishya by caste [ 10 ] and was well known for her philanthropic activities. In the year 1847, Rashmoni prepared to go upon a long pilgrimage to the sacred Hindu city of Kashi to express her devotions to the Divine Mother .
Kalighat Kali Temple is a Hindu temple in Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, one of the 10 Mahavidyas in the Hindu tantric tradition and the supreme deity in the Kalikula worship tradition. [1] The temple is one of the 51 Shakti Pithas in India. [2]
Dakshineswar Kali Temple: 101,171 Kolkata India: The Dakshineswar Kali Temple is situated on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River (a distributary of the Ganga River) in suburban Kolkata. The presiding deity of the temple is Bhavatarini, an aspect of Goddess Kali, meaning, 'She who liberates Her devotees from the ocean of existence i.e ...
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.
Kali (/ ˈ k ɑː l iː /; Sanskrit: काली, IAST: Kālī), also called Kalika, is a major goddess in Hinduism, primarily associated with time, death and destruction. Kali is also connected with transcendental knowledge and is the first of the ten Mahavidyas, a group of goddesses who provide liberating knowledge.
Notable festivals include the Durga Puja in October, the most popular festival in the West Bengal, [7] the Poila Baishakh (the Bengali New Year), the Rathayatra, the Dolyatra or Basanta-Utsab, the Nobanno, the Poush Parbon (festival of Poush), the Kali Puja, the Saraswati Puja, the Laxmi Puja, Christmas, the Eid ul-Fitr, the Eid ul-Adha and the ...
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.
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.