Kalighat Temple

Kalighat Kali Temple is a in , , , 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.
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  • Type: Hindu temple
  • Description: Hindu temple in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “Dakshina Kali remple” and “Kalighat Kali Temple”
  • Address: Kalighat, Kolkata, West Bengal,

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alipore Central Jail and National Library of India.

Prison
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The Alipore Jail or , also known as Presidency Correctional Home, is a defunct Indian prison in , , where political prisoners were kept under British rule. is situated 630 metres north of Kalighat Temple.

Park
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The is a library located in the Belvedere Estate, , , India. It is India's largest library by volume and public record. is situated 1½ km northwest of Kalighat Temple.

Hospital
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is a cancer care hospital and research institute and one of the 27 regional cancer centres in . It is located in near at Hazra crossing. is situated 730 metres northeast of Kalighat Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kalighat and Chetla.

Suburb
is a locality of South Kolkata, in , , . One of the oldest neighbourhoods in South Kolkata, is also densely populated with a history of cultural intermingling with the various foreign incursions into the area over time.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in in the state of .

Photo: Kolkatan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighbourhood of South Kolkata in in the state of . It is flanked by the Tolly Nullah to the north, to the east, the Diamond Harbour Road to the west and to the south, bordered by the section of the South section railway line.

Kalighat Temple

Latitude
22.52028° or 22° 31′ 13″ north
Longitude
88.34203° or 88° 20′ 31″ east
Open location code
7MJCG8CR+4R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 146081534
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­temple
Wiki­data ID
Q535970
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Thai—“Kalighat Temple” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “কালীঘাট মন্দির”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণাকালী মন্দির”
  • Catalan: “Temple Kaligat”
  • Croatian: “Kalin hram u Kalighatu”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد كاليجات كالى”
  • French: “temple de Kalighat”
  • French: “Temple de Kalighat”
  • German: “Kalighat-Tempel”
  • Hindi: “कालीघाट शक्तिपीठ”
  • Japanese: “カーリーガート・カーリー寺院”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾಳಿಘಾಟ್ ಕಾಳಿ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ”
  • Maithili: “कालीघाट काली मन्दिर”
  • Malay: “Kuil Kalighat”
  • Malayalam: “കാളിഘട്ട് കാളി ക്ഷേത്രം”
  • Marathi: “कालीघाट काली मंदिर”
  • Marathi: “कालीघाट शक्तिपीट”
  • Nepali: “कालीघाट काली मन्दिर”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਾਲੀਘਾਟ ਕਾਲੀ ਮੰਦਰ”
  • Russian: “Калигхат”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱟᱞᱤᱜᱷᱟᱴ ᱠᱟᱞᱤ ᱢᱚᱸᱫᱤᱨ”
  • Sinhala: “කාලිඝාට් කාලි දේවාලය”
  • Spanish: “Kalighat”
  • Spanish: “Templo Kalighat”
  • Tamil: “காளிகாட் காளி கோயில்”
  • Tamil: “காளிகாட் காளி கோவில்”
  • Thai: “กาลีฆาฏมนเทียร”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Jana Mangal Samiti and Kalighat Police Station.

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