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Dakshineshwar Kali Temple Review
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Dakshineshwar Kali Temple
Religious Sites, North Calcutta
Fodor's Review:
Far north along the Hooghly, this 19th-century complex with 13 temples is a major pilgrimage site for devotees of Shiva, Kali, Radha, and Krishna. The variety of temples makes this site a good introduction for the uninitiated to the Hindu deities. It was here that the 19th-century mystic Ramakrishna had the vision that led him to renounce his Brahmin caste and propound altruism and religious unity. His most famous disciple, Swami Vivekananda, went on to be a major force in the intellectual and spiritual growth of Calcutta, and founded the Ramakrishna Mission, headquartered in the Belur Math Shrine. Ramakrishna's room here is a museum.
INFO
- Address: P.W.D. Rd., near 2nd Hooghly Bridge (Vivekananda Setu), Calcutta, West Bengal
- Cost: Free
- Open: Daily dawn-10 PM
- Trip Report 2: Calcutta, Sunderbans, Orissa State
- Trip Report India: Calcutta, Sunderbans, Orissa part I
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