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    Kalighat - As A Landmark

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    Kalighat Temple is a sacred Hindu temple located in Kolkata dedicated to the goddess Kali. It is considered one of the 51 Shakti Peethas, where it is believed the toe of Sati fell. The temple has historical, social, economic, and architectural significance. Historically, it is one of the oldest temples in the city. Socially, it is open to all and sees many pilgrims daily. Economically, it was important for local incomes and sees many offerings during festivals. Architecturally, it is an example of Bengali architecture with its hut-like structure and decorations.

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    Kalighat Temple is a sacred Hindu temple located in Kolkata dedicated to the goddess Kali. It is considered one of the 51 Shakti Peethas, where it is believed the toe of Sati fell. The temple has historical, social, economic, and architectural significance. Historically, it is one of the oldest temples in the city. Socially, it is open to all and sees many pilgrims daily. Economically, it was important for local incomes and sees many offerings during festivals. Architecturally, it is an example of Bengali architecture with its hut-like structure and decorations.

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    Kalighat Temple is a sacred Hindu temple located in Kolkata dedicated to the goddess Kali. It is considered one of the 51 Shakti Peethas, where it is believed the toe of Sati fell. The temple has historical, social, economic, and architectural significance. Historically, it is one of the oldest temples in the city. Socially, it is open to all and sees many pilgrims daily. Economically, it was important for local incomes and sees many offerings during festivals. Architecturally, it is an example of Bengali architecture with its hut-like structure and decorations.

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    Kalighat Temple is a sacred Hindu temple located in Kolkata dedicated to the goddess Kali. It is considered one of the 51 Shakti Peethas, where it is believed the toe of Sati fell. The temple has historical, social, economic, and architectural significance. Historically, it is one of the oldest temples in the city. Socially, it is open to all and sees many pilgrims daily. Economically, it was important for local incomes and sees many offerings during festivals. Architecturally, it is an example of Bengali architecture with its hut-like structure and decorations.

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    LANDMARKS OF

    KOLKATA
    SUMITA DEBNATH

    B.ARCH 2019-2024 / SEM 4 / A92204019025

    ASSIGNMENT 1

    AMITY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE & PLANNING, KOLKATA


    KALIGHAT
    • Located TEMPLE
    in Kolkata on the banks of
    the River Hooghly (or Bhagirathi)
    is a sacred Hindu temple dedicated
    to goddess Kali. black divinity of
    death and destruction.
    • Calcutta is believed to have been
    named after Kalighat, as Many
    examples of this imagery can be
    found in literature, where the
    Goddess and her myth are used as a
    metaphor to describe Calcutta. 
    HISTORICAL
    •
    •
    IMPORTANCE:
    Kalighat Kali Temple is considered as one of the 51 Shakti Peethas.
    Kalighat Temple is an important religious place for the followers of Hinduism.
    • As per the myth, the different body parts of Sati fell on the earth at the time of
    self-sacrifice. It is believed that the right toe of Sati fell here and
    subsequently; the temple was erected to commemorate the Goddess.
    • Goddess Kalika is the presiding deity in the Kalighat.

    SOCIAL
    • ACCEPTANCE:
    The doors of the Kali temple at Kalighat are open to all god’s men, women and children.
    though the temple is historically, socially and culturally a Bengali place of worship.
    • Kalighat draws visitors from all language, culture, communal and ethnic groups across the
    country and beyond.
    • Through two hundred and fifty years of commercial and industrial growth of the city of
    Calcutta, the Kali temple of Kalighat continues to attract a large volume of devotees each
    day, more than 1000 in number.
    Economic
    •
    relevance:
    In Festivals like Kali Puja, Durga Puja, Poila Boishakh, and Sankranti, kali ghat
    witness huge number of devotees at the temple with offerings.
    • In normal days, Kali temple of Kalighat continues to attract a large volume of
    pilgrims, local, regional, national and international.
    • Apart from the devotees, the families who lived in the area depended directly from
    temple-related activities for their earnings.

    architectural
    •
    • significance:
    200 year old The Kalighat Kali Mandir is a classic example of Bengal architecture.
    It has one a truncated dome, and above that A smaller identically-shaped projection that
    caps the below truncated domed structure and The two roofs together bear a total of eight
    separate faces painted with shiny, metallic silver, This, resembles a hut-like structure
    design which is common for Bengali temple architecture.
    • Each of the mandir’s outer walls is decorated with a diamond chessboard pattern of
    alternating green and white tiles.
    • Apart from main shrine of maa kali, the mandir complex has natmondir, Radha-Krishna murti, A
    sacred tank called Kundupukar,shosti tata & Garbha-Griha etc.
    THANK YOU

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