🛕Temples of Bharat: Kalighat, Kolkata

या काली सर्वतारात्रि रुद्रयामलसंज्ञिता।
गृहे तु कालिघटे वापि सा महाकालरूपिणी॥

The one known as Kali, Rudra’s sister, always,
In the house or in Kalighat, she is the form of Mahakala.
Kalighat is one of the Shakti Peethas of India and represents the spot where the toes of the right foot of Maa Sati fell. The city of Calcutta takes its name from this temple, and it was only recently that the name was changed to ‘Kolkata’. Maa Kali’s’ is depicted in the shrine, possessing three huge eyes painted a terrifying shade of orange and a thick, excessively long tongue coated with layers of gold, and She is fiercely terrifying.

Jai Maa Kali 🕉️🔱
#HariAumTatSat

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