BTS-PTS-04 CULTURE & HERITAGE OF KALI TEMPLE BANGAL

Kaali is regarded as one of the principal deities of Bengal. There are other temples to
Kaali – Sahasrabhuja Kaali, Sarvamangala, Tarasundari and Simhavaahini. Kaali is
regarded as the destroyer or liberator and is depicted in a fearful form. Despite the
terrifying form, she is considered to deliver bliss to worshippers. The Kalighat
temple attracts numerous devotees throughout the year.
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.
(see Daksha Yagna
).
The Temple: The Kalighat temple in its present form iis only about 200 years old,
although it has been referred to in Mansar Bhasan composed in the 15th century,
and in Kavi Kankan Chandi of the 17th century.