Dakshineswar Kali Temple
Built in 1855 by a woman the priesthood tried to refuse, and where Ramakrishna spent thirty years.
- Where
- Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 22.6550, 88.3576
Get the Dakshineswar Kali Temple stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Dakshineswar Kali Temple. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your West Bengal volume with your photos and a note.
Near Dakshineswar Kali Temple
Vivekananda Setu 0.5 km
A truss bridge over the Hooghly finished in 1931, running from Bally across to Dakshineswar.
Belur Math 2.5 km
One building holding a temple, a mosque and a church.
Kumartuli 6.2 km
The potters' quarter where the Durga idols are built on straw and clay from the river, then given away to the water.
Jorasanko Thakur Bari 7.8 km
Where Tagore was born and died.
Howrah Bridge 7.9 km
A cantilever bridge carrying a hundred thousand vehicles a day on no bolts, riveted throughout, opened in 1943.
Marble Palace 8.1 km
A private nineteenth century mansion of a hundred and twenty six kinds of marble, still lived in by the family.
Cathedral of the Most Holy Rosary 8.5 km
The Portuguese church at Murgihata, Calcutta's oldest Catholic cathedral.
Nakhoda Masjid 8.7 km
Calcutta's principal mosque, of 1926, its gate modelled on Akbar's tomb.
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Questions
Where is Dakshineswar Kali Temple?
Dakshineswar Kali Temple is in Kolkata, West Bengal. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Vivekananda Setu (0.5 km), Belur Math (2.5 km), Kumartuli (6.2 km).
How do I get the Dakshineswar Kali Temple stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Dakshineswar Kali Temple and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your West Bengal volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Dakshineswar Kali Temple before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your West Bengal volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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