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Idol of Goddess Kali at Dakshineshwar Date 16 September 1884 ( Location 22°39′18″N 88°21′28″E / 22.65500°N 88.35778°E / 22.65500; 88.35778 Participants Incident in brief Narendranath intended to pray for financial welfare, but ultimately prayed for pure knowledge, devotion and renunciation Significance Notable event and turning point in the life of Vivekananda Vivekananda's prayer to Kali at Dakshineswar is an event which occurred in September 1884 when After making three attempts to seek a blessing to remove his financial problems from mother Goddess Kali, he came out with the divine statement: "Mother, I want nothing but knowledge and devotion!" Background [ ] Vivekananda was born Narendranath Datta on 12 January 1863 in an affluent family of North Calcutta. Vivekananda recounted his experiences of these days— I was dying of starvation. Bare-footed, I went from office to office and was refused everywhere. I learnt by experience what human compassion is. This was my first contact with the realities of life; and I discovered it... had no room for the weak, the poor, the deserted... One day on the 16th of September, Narendra requested Ramakrishna to pray to Goddess First attempt to pray for financial welfare [ ] Following the suggestion, at 9 o'clock in the evening, Second attempt to pray for financial welfare [ ] When Narendra came to Ramakrishna, who was sitting outside the temple, Ramakrishna asked him, "Did you pray for your family wants?". Narendra was puzzled and conf...

c. 1874. The Dakshineswar Kali Temple was founded around the middle of the 19th century by There is no need to go to Banaras. Install my statue in a beautiful temple on the banks of the Ganges river and arrange for my worship there. Then I shall manifest myself in the image and accept worship at that place. Profoundly affected by the dream, Rani immediately looked for and purchased a 30,000-acre plot in the village of Dakshineswar. The large temple complex was built between 1847 and 1855. The 20-acre (81,000m 2) plot was bought from an Englishman, Jake Hastie, and was then popularly known as Saheban Bagicha. Sri Sri Jagadishwari Kali, with Ramkumar Chhattopadhyay as the head priest. Soon his younger brother Gadai or Gadadhar (later known as Nahabat (music room) in a small room on the ground floor, which is now a shrine dedicated to her. Rani Rashmoni lived for only five years and nine months after the inauguration of the temple. She fell seriously ill in 1861. Realizing that her death was near, she decided to hand over the property she had purchased in Dinajpur (now in Architecture [ ] Built in the The Bhavatarini, standing on the chest of a supine • ^ a b And also it is a price full place; • ^ a b c d . Retrieved 21 April 2018. • ^ a b c d e A Heritage". Government of West Bengal. Archived from . Retrieved 26 November 2012. • Roy, Diptimoy (2001). Paschimbanger Kali O Kalikshetra[ Kali and Kali Temples in West Bengal] (in Bengali). Kolata: Mondal Book House. pp.64–65. • w...

English: Kali is a Hindu Goddess, being the symbol of destruction. Date 9 July 2012, 16:42:12 Source Own work Author Dakshineswar Kali Temple is a HERITAGE Site of INDIA and SEAT OF RAMKRISHNA PARAMHANSA, the preacher related to Ramkrishna Math and Mission. It is situated in the district of 24 parganas in the state of West Bengal, INDIA. It is situated on the bank of River Ganges. Licensing [ ] You are free: • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work • to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 true true This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong. Camera manufacturer Camera model Exposure time 1/400 sec (0.0025) f/11 ISO speed rating 400 Date an...

Rani was to travel in twenty-four boats, carrying relatives, servants, and supplies. According to traditional accounts, the night before the pilgrimage began, Rashmoni had avisionof the Divine Mother Goddess There is no need to go to Banaras. Install my statue in a beautiful temple on the banks of the Ganges river and arrange for my worship there. Then I shall manifest myself in the image and accept worship at that place. Profoundly affected by the dream, Rani immediately looked for and purchased a 30,000-acre plot in the village of Dakshineswar. The large temple complex was built between 1847 and 1855. The 20-acre plot was bought from an Englishman, Jake Hastie, which was then popularly known asSaheban Bagicha. Partly old Muslim burial ground shaped like a tortoise, considered befitting for the worship of Shakti according to Tantra traditions, it took eight years and nine hundred thousand rupees to complete the construction. The idol of Goddess Kali was installed on the Soon his younger brother Gadai or Gadadhar (later known as On 31 May 1855 more than one hundred thousand The next year, Ramkumar Chattopadhyay died, and the position was given to Ramakrishna along with his wife Ramakrishnana was responsible for bringing much in the way of both fame and pilgrims to the temple. Rani Rashmoni lived for only five years and nine months after the inauguration of the temple. She fell seriously ill in 1861. Realizing that her death was near, she decided to hand over the property s...