Dakshineswar Kali Temple

Dakshineswar Kali Temple is a Hindu navaratna style temple in , Kolkata, West Bengal, India, on the eastern bank of the . The presiding deity of the temple is Bhavatarini, a form of Mahadevi or Parashakti Adya Kali, otherwise known as Adishakti Kalika.
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  • Type: Hindu temple
  • Denomination: Hindu
  • Description: Hindu temple in West Bengal, India
  • Also known as: “Dakshineswar Kali Hindu Temple”
  • Address: Dakshineswar, Kolkata, West Bengal 700076

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nivedita Setu and Vivekananda Setu.

Bridge
Photo: Jonoikobangali, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a multi-span extradosed bridge spanning the , connecting Bally, with , . It runs parallel to and about 50m downstream of the old , opened in 1932. is situated 430 metres southwest of Dakshineswar Kali Temple.

Bridge
Photo: Palrana, Public domain.
is a bridge over the in , India. It links the city of , at , to , at . Completed in 1931, it is a multispan truss bridge that was built to primarily to provide direct road and rail connectivity between the and the major railhead at on the West bank of the . is situated 430 metres southwest of Dakshineswar Kali Temple.

Railway station
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Dakshineswar is a railway station on the Sealdah–Dankuni line in . The is adjacent to . It serves the local areas of in in , India. is situated 650 metres east of Dakshineswar Kali Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dakshineswar and Uttarpara.

Suburb
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The Northern Suburbs of cover the large urbanised industrial area to the north of the city, which includes Baguiati, Baranagar, Belgachia, Birati, Chitpur, Cossipore, , Dum Dum, Lake Town, Nagerbazar, Paikpara and Sinthee.

is an industrial town on the western bank of the Hooghly River, in the Hooghly district of . Close to , was a major automobile hub with India's first car factory, and although the city faced decline from the 1990s till the 2020s, it has been revived as a major manufacturing hub for metro vehicles in India.

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is a laid-back town north of city, in the district of southern . It is home to the Belur Math, headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission.

Dakshineswar Kali Temple

Latitude
22.65486° or 22° 39′ 18″ north
Longitude
88.35754° or 88° 21′ 27″ east
Inception
1847
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
7MJCM935+W2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 291865633
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­temple
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­hindu
Wiki­data ID
Q1157765
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Dakshineswar Kali Temple” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معبد داكشينسوار كالي”
  • Bavarian: “Dakshineshwar-Templ”
  • Bavarian: “Dakshineswar Kali Temple”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণেশ্বর কালী মন্দির”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণেশ্বর কালীবাড়ি”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণেশ্বর কালীমন্দির”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণেশ্বর মন্দির”
  • Catalan: “Dakshineswar Kali Temple”
  • Catalan: “Temple de Kali a Dakshineswar”
  • Chinese: “Dakshineswar Kali Temple”
  • Chinese: “达克希涅斯瓦寺”
  • Croatian: “Hram Dakshineswar Kali”
  • Dutch: “Dakshineswar Kali-tempel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبد داكشينسوار كالى”
  • French: “Dakshineswar Kali Temple”
  • French: “Temple de Kali de Dakshineswar”
  • German: “Dakshineshwar-Tempel”
  • German: “Dakshineswar Kali Temple”
  • Hindi: “काली मन्दिर (दक्षिणेश्वर)”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिणेश्वर काली मंदिर”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिणेश्वर काली मन्दिर”
  • Japanese: “Dakshineswar Kali Temple”
  • Japanese: “ダクシネーシュワル・カーリー寺院”
  • Kannada: “ದಕ್ಷಿಣೇಶ್ವರ ಕಾಳಿ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ”
  • Lithuanian: “Dakšinešvaro Kali šventykla”
  • Maithili: “दक्षिणेश्वर काली मन्दिर”
  • Malay: “Kuil Kali, Dakshineswar”
  • Marathi: “दक्षिणेश्वर काली मंदिर”
  • Nepali: “दक्षिणेश्वर काली मन्दिर”
  • Panjabi: “Dakshineswar Kali Temple”
  • Panjabi: “ਦਕਸ਼ਨੇਸ਼ਵਰ ਕਾਲੀ ਮੰਦਿਰ”
  • Panjabi: “ਦਕਸ਼ਿਣੇਸਵਰ ਮੰਦਰ”
  • Russian: “Dakshineswar Kali Temple”
  • Russian: “Храм Кали в Дакшинешваре”
  • Sanskrit: “दक्षिणेश्वरकालीमन्दिरम्”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Kali en Dakshineswar”
  • Tamil: “Dakshineswar Kali Temple”
  • Tamil: “காளி கோயில், தக்சிணேஸ்வர்”
  • Tamil: “தக்சிணேசுவர் காளி கோயில்”
  • Telugu: “Dakshineswar Kali Temple”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణేశ్వర కాళికాలయం”
  • Telugu: “దక్షిణేశ్వర్ కాళీ గుడి”
  • Thai: “Dakshineswar Kali Temple”
  • Thai: “ทักษิเณศวรกาลีมนเทียร”
  • Western Panjabi: “دکشنایسور کالی مندر”

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