Dakshineswar Kali Temple is one of the holiest place of eastern India. The famous temple Dakshineswar Kali Temple dedicated to the goddess Kali is located at Dakshineswar. Situated on the eastern bank of river Hooghly. One of the most famous temple in Kolkata. The presiding deity of the temple is Bhavatarini, an element of Kali, means ‘She who liberates her devotees from the sea of lifestyle’.

 

Dakshineswar Kali Temple, Kolkata

The temple founded by Rani Rashmoni of Bengal in 1855, According to history, Dakshineswar was a mere village nestled along the eastern bank of the River Ganges in the early phase of the 1800s. It is said that Rani Rashmoniof Janbazar, while on her pilgrimage to Varanasi, had a dream, where she was instructed to build a Kali temple. She was intensely moved by the dream and to materialize it, she instructed her people to search for suitable plots to erect the Kali Temple. After a long investigation for land, a 20-acres of land was finally selected in Dakshineswar village. Construction of the Dakshineswar Temple began in 1847 and it was completed in 1855. The Kali Temple of Dakshineswar was very much famous for the spiritual vision of Ramakrishna Paramhansa, a mystic of 19th century Bengal. There is a huge history of the relationship of Goddess Kali and Ramakrishna.

The temple compound, apart from the nine-spired fundamental temple, includes a big courtyard surrounding the temple, with rooms along the boundary walls. There are twelve shrines devoted to Shiva Kali’s accomplice alongside the riverfront, a temple to Radha-Krishna, a bathing ghat on the river.

Dakshineswar Kali Temple is the centre 0f attraction during the Kali Puja. The temple is decorated beautifully with flowers and coloring lighting arrangement. However, Tuesdays and Saturdays are considered very auspicious days for Kali worship and the Sandhya Aarti is the prime attraction, which is truly amazing. If you are in Kolkata please visit this holy place.