Dakshineswar Kali Temple





Culcutta  is known for its two famous religious places.
One is Kali-ghat and second is Dakshineswar . 
Kali-ghat is the oldest temple of the Goddess Kali in west Bengal, India. 



Swami Ramakrishna


Swami Ramakrishna used to do continue worship of Goddess Kali over here. Kalighat temple was constructed in 15th century but recent building is only 200 years old. The name Calcutta is said to have been derived from the word Kalighat.


Kali- ghat

But Brahmans of Kali-ghat troubled Ramakrishna a lot and forced him to leave Kali-ghat.
So Ramakrishna took an oath that if Goddess kali wants to meet her devotee then she will have to come to devotees place. And he settled in south of kolkata. Then queen of the Jaan Market built a temple in 1847-55. Swami Ram Krishna became the priest of this temple after his elder brother. 

Dakshineswar Kali Temple

Dakshineswar Temple, kolkata


The construction of temple was started in 1847 and got finished in 1855. The construction of this temple took nine years. The area of temple is 25 acre.
Inside temple there is deity Kali standing on Shiva, this deity lies on silver lotus flower which has 1000 petals.





This temple of Kali is built on concept of nine spiral (navratna) architecture of Bengali architecture. Same nine spiral architecture is used at Tajmahal (Indo- Islamic architecture).
Its breadth is 46 feet and height is 100 feet. This temple is also located on the eastern bank of river Ganga, in Bengal this river is called Hooghly.


Swami Ramakrishna  was priest of this temple. Inside the premises of temple there is cottage of saint which remains open for spectators. 

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