๐๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฐ๐๐ซ
Devotees worship Maa Maha Kaali In Her Divine Form As Maa Bhavatarini
The “Dakshineswar Kaali Temple” Dedicated To Maa Bhavatarini, A Divine Form Of Maa Maha Kaali, is a “navaratna” (nine towers) Temple in dakshineswar, kolkata, india. Maa Maha Kaali As Maa Bhavatarini Is The Redeemer Of the universe Who Causes the jiva to cross the ocean of samsara.
The Temple was built in 1855 by rani rashmoni a devotee Of Maa Maha Kaali. According to traditional accounts, the night before rani rashmoni’s pilgrimage to banaras, Maa Maha Kaali Appeared In her dream and reportedly Said:
“๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ด. ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐บ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ.”
On 31st may, 1855, on the auspicious occasion of
“snana yatra” (a bathing festival Of Deities), The Idol Of Maa Maha Kaali As Maa Bhavatarini Was installed amid great festivities. Within a year, shri ramakrishna paramahansa, a spiritual leader of 19th century bengal and a most ardent devotee Of Maa Maha Kaali, became the priest at The Temple. In the subsequent thirty years, he imbedded the seed of change in the socio-religious condition of bengal, earning immense reputation for The “Dakshineswar Kaali Temple”. The Temple is thronged by millions of devotees and admired for its peaceful ambiance, irrespective of religion and castes.
