Dakshineswar Kali Temple
Dakshineswar Kali Temple or Dakshineswar Kalibari is a Hindu navaratna style temple in Dakshineswar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River.Photo: Bibek Raj Pandeya, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: LangfordK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 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
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nivedita Setu and Vivekananda Setu.
Nivedita Setu
Bridge
Photo: Jonoikobangali, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nivedita Setu is a multi-span extradosed bridge spanning the Hooghly River, connecting Bally, Howrah with Dakshineswar, Kolkata. It runs parallel to and about 50m downstream of the old Vivekananda Setu, opened in 1932. Nivedita Setu is situated 430 metres southwest of Dakshineswar Kali Temple.
Vivekananda Setu
Bridge
Photo: Palrana, Public domain.
Vivekananda Setu is a bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It links the city of Howrah, at Bally, to Kolkata, at Dakshineswar. Completed in 1931, it is a multispan truss bridge that was built to primarily to provide direct road and rail connectivity between the Calcutta Port and the major railhead at Howrah railway station on the West bank of the Hooghly River. Vivekananda Setu is situated 430 metres southwest of Dakshineswar Kali Temple.
Dakshineswar railway station
Railway station
Photo: Souravdas1998, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dakshineswar is a railway station on the Sealdah–Dankuni line in Dakshineswar. The Dakshineswar metro station is adjacent to Dakshineswar railway station. It serves the local areas of Dakshineswar in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, India. Dakshineswar railway station is situated 650 metres east of Dakshineswar Kali Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dakshineswar and Uttarpara.
Dakshineswar
Photo: Sukanta Pal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dakshineswar is a suburb north of Kolkata, in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Considered the twin of Varanasi by locals, the suburb is famous for the riverside Kali temple.
Uttarpara
Uttarpara is an industrial town on the western bank of the Hooghly River, in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. Close to Kolkata, Uttarpara 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.Bally
Photo: Kinjal bose 78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bally is a laid-back town north of Howrah city, in the Howrah district of southern West Bengal. It is home to the Belur Math, headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission.
Dakshineswar Kali Temple
- Categories: temple, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Barrackpur II, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.65486° or 22° 39′ 18″ northLongitude
88.35754° or 88° 21′ 27″ eastInception
1847Open location code
7MJCM935+W2OpenStreetMap ID
way 291865633OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=templeOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=hinduOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata 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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