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Siddheswari Kali Of Bagbazar

Exact date of foundation of this idol of goddess Kali is not known but it is one of the oldest kali temple of kolkata. It says, once upon a time, a monk, named Kalibar Tapaswi used to worship an idol of Siddheswari Kali under the shed of leaves of sedge (হোগলা).  

    Perhaps someone of Mitra family erected the temple at Madanmohan tala area and established the idol there. Despite this Kali
puja of Kartick Amabasya, ফুলদোল of Buddha Purnima and Falharini (ফলহারিণী) Kali puja of the month of Jaisthya are the big festivals of
this temple.

--
A. B.

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Confessions of an ordinary girl. said…
Hi Asim

I recently stumbled upon the Siddheswari Kali Temple and wrote about it in m blog.

http://kolkatakollage.blogspot.in/2014/01/siddheswari-kali-mandir.html

It was nice seeing you have a similar entry.
15 January, 2014 13:39
Asim Bando said…
Glad you liked it :-) I'll check your blog.
31 January, 2014 21:03
Unknown said…
Today I visited the kali mandir. It is nice that this kali mandir is related Sri Ramkrishna
26 June, 2016 21:12
Unknown said…
Today I visited the Kali Mandir.
26 June, 2016 21:13
Unknown said…
I visited the mandir...offered puja but not sure whether its dakshina kali ma or not...can anybody plz update....
23 June, 2019 21:04
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