Kalighat Temple
Kolkata
Presiding Deity:
Kali
Kolkatta, previousy Calcutta derives its name from the Kalighat temple located on the banks of the river Hooghly.
Kaali is regarded as one of the principal deities of Bengal, as the destroyer or liberator and is depicted in a fearful form and despite this form, is considered to deliver bliss to devotees.
Kalighat is regarded as one of the 52 Shakti Peethams of India, where the various parts of Sati's body are said to have fallen, in the course of Shiva's Rudra Tandava. Kalighat represents the site where the toes of the right foot of Shakti or Sati fell. The Kalighat temple in its present form is about 200 years old.
Legend has it that a devotee, noticing a luminant ray of light coming from the Bhagirathi river bed, discovered a piece of stone carved in the form of a human toe and started worshipping Kaali in the midst of a thick jungle. This shrine grew to its present form over a period of time.
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