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Dakshineswar Kali Temple   Dakshineswar


About Dakshineswar Kali Temple

Dakshineswar Kali Temple is a Hindu temple situated in Dakshineswar close Kolkata. Arranged on the eastern bank of the Hooghly Waterway, the directing divinity of the sanctuary is Bhavatarini, a part of Kali, signifying, 'She who frees Her fans from the sea of presence i.e. Saṃsāra'.The temple was worked in 1855 by Rani Rashmoni, a giver and a fan of Kali. The temple is popular for its relationship with Ramakrishna, a spiritualist of nineteenth Century Bengal.

"The Dakshineswar Kali Temple was established around the center of the nineteenth century by Rani Rashmoni. Rani Rashmoni was a Mahishya by position and was notable for her charitable exercises. In the year 1847, Rashmoni, arranged to go upon a long journey to the hallowed Hindu city of Kashi to express her commitments to the Heavenly Mother. Rani was to go in twenty four vessels, conveying relatives, workers and supplies. As per conventional records, the night prior to the journey started, Rashmoni had a dream of the Heavenly Mother, as the goddess Kali in a fantasy and purportedly stated, 

There is no compelling reason to go to Banaras. Introduce my statue in a delightful sanctuary on the banks of the Ganges stream and organize my love there. At that point I should show myself in the picture and acknowledge adore at that place. 

By Road  : (easily can reached from the Kolkata city as well as from the city Howrah) or river. For a special treat, one can rent a boat and arrive at the temple's bathing ghat. It is here Sri Sarada Devi, Sri Ramakrishna's wife used to bathe. A parking facility is within the temple compound which charges a nominal fee. 

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Dakshineswar Kali Temple is a Hindu temple situated in Dakshineswar close Kolkata. Arranged on the eastern bank of the Hooghly Waterway, the directing divinity of the sanctuary is Bhavatarini, a part of Kali, signifying, 'She who frees Her fans from the sea of presence i.e. Saṃsāra'.The temple was worked in 1855 by Rani Rashmoni, a giver and a fan of Kali. The temple is popular for its relationship with Ramakrishna, a spiritualist of nineteenth Century Bengal.

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